# Compounding

> Use after completed Pulse work when the user asks to capture post-cycle machine-readable learnings for future planning and execution.

- Skill: `quanpersie2001/compounding` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 5 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add quanpersie2001/compounding`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/quanpersie2001/compounding/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: quanpersie2001 (https://skillmd.com/u/quanpersie2001)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/quanpersie2001/compounding

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# Compounding

If preflight readiness is missing, stale, or blocked (check `.pulse/tooling-status.json`), stop and invoke `pulse:using-pulse` before continuing.

Compounding turns completed feature work into reusable memory for future planning and execution.

Compounding is the canonical post-cycle, machine-readable learning pass for completed Pulse work. Use `pulse:dream` for runtime-artifact consolidation outside that post-cycle moment.

## When to Use

- after `pulse:reviewing` completes and feature is merged
- after systematic bug-fix work reveals non-obvious root cause
- after abandoned work that produced reusable lessons

Skip only when no durable/reusable learning emerged.

## Runtime Contract

All operational rules live in `references/runtime-appendix.md`. Treat that file as canonical for:

- 3-stream analysis (pattern/decision/failure)
- synthesis quality bar (`applicable-when` must be specific)
- propagation taxonomy and routing destinations
- promotion rules for `critical-patterns.md`
- durable memory capture behavior in `.pulse/memory/*`
- state updates and handoff outputs

## Minimum Flow

1. Gather context from history artifacts, verification evidence, and bead graph.
2. Run three analysis streams and collect outputs.
3. Synthesize one learnings file at `.pulse/memory/learnings/YYYYMMDD-<slug>.md`.
4. Classify each learning by propagation type and route to destination.
5. Promote only truly global-critical learnings.
6. Update `.pulse/STATE.md` and `.pulse/state.json`.

## References

- `references/runtime-appendix.md` — canonical runtime contract
- `references/learnings-template.md` — learnings file structure
- `references/analysis-prompts.md` — prompts for pattern/decision/failure analysis
- `references/corrections-and-ratchets.md` — correction and ratchet file structures