Compound Work

Memory Integration

• Run npx ca search per delegated subtask with the subtask's specific description
• Each agent receives memory items tailored to their assigned task, not a shared blob
• Run npx ca learn after corrections or novel discoveries

MANDATORY VERIFICATION -- DO NOT CLOSE TASK WITHOUT THIS

Before bd close, you MUST:

1. Run pnpm test then pnpm lint (quality gates)
2. Run /implementation-reviewer on changed code -- wait for APPROVED If REJECTED: fix ALL issues, re-run tests, resubmit. INVIOLABLE per CLAUDE.md.

The full 8-step pipeline (invariant-designer through implementation-reviewer) is recommended for complex changes. For all changes, /implementation-reviewer is the minimum required gate.

Beads Lifecycle

• bd ready to find available tasks
• bd update <id> --status=in_progress when starting
• bd close <id> when all tests pass

Parallelization Strategy

• Always prefer parallel work: independent tasks should be assigned to different teammate pairs simultaneously
• Scale the team adaptively: deploy multiple test-writer + implementer pairs proportional to independent task count
• Subagent spawning within teammates: each teammate should spawn opus subagents for independent subtasks (e.g., a test-writer spawning subagents to write tests for multiple modules in parallel)
• Coordinate on shared interfaces: teammates working on overlapping APIs must communicate via SendMessage before implementing

Literature

• Consult docs/compound/research/tdd/ for TDD methodology, test-first development evidence, and best practices
• Consult docs/compound/research/property-testing/ for property-based testing theory and invariant design
• Run npx ca knowledge "TDD test-first" for indexed knowledge on testing methodology
• Run npx ca search "testing" for lessons from past TDD cycles

Common Pitfalls

• Lead writing code instead of delegating to agents
• Not injecting memory context into agent prompts
• Modifying tests to make them pass instead of fixing implementation
• Not running the full test suite after agent work completes

Quality Criteria

• Tests existed before implementation code
• Agents received relevant memory context
• Lead coordinated without writing implementation code
• Incremental commits made as tests pass
• All tests pass after refactoring
• Task lifecycle tracked via beads (bd)
• Implementation aligns with spec requirements from epic

PHASE GATE 3 -- MANDATORY

Before starting Review, verify ALL work tasks are closed:

• bd list --status=in_progress must return empty
• bd list --status=open should only have Review and Compound tasks remaining If any work tasks remain open, DO NOT proceed. Complete them first.