compozy

name	compozy
description	Explains Compozy capabilities, CLI commands, core workflow skills, optional extension skills, configuration, artifact structure, reusable agents, and extensions. Use when the user asks how to use Compozy, what commands are available, how the workflow pipeline works, or how to configure a workspace. Do not use for executing workflow steps — use the specific cy- skills instead.

Compozy Reference Guide

Comprehensive reference for the Compozy CLI and its AI-assisted development workflow.

What Is Compozy

Compozy is a Go CLI that orchestrates the full lifecycle of AI-assisted development. It covers product ideation, technical specification, task decomposition, automated execution via AI coding agents, and PR review remediation.

Key characteristics:

• Agent-agnostic. Supports claude, codex, copilot, cursor-agent, droid, gemini, opencode, and pi as ACP runtimes.
• Skills-based. Bundled skills (installed via compozy setup) teach agents how to execute each workflow phase.
• Artifact-driven. Planning and review artifacts live as markdown under .compozy/tasks/<slug>/, versioned alongside the codebase.
• Daemon-backed runtime. A home-scoped daemon owns run state, workspace registration, snapshots, streams, and the synced global.db catalog under ~/.compozy/.
• Single binary, local-first. The daemon is launched from the same binary; there are no external control planes.

Workflow Pipeline Overview

The standard development pipeline follows these phases in order. Each phase produces artifacts consumed by the next.

1. Setup -- compozy setup installs core skills into target agents plus any setup assets shipped by enabled extensions.
2. Ideation (optional) -- install and enable the first-party cy-idea-factory extension, run compozy setup, then use /cy-idea-factory to expand a raw idea into a structured, research-backed spec at .compozy/tasks/<slug>/_idea.md.
3. Requirements -- /cy-create-prd creates a business-focused Product Requirements Document at .compozy/tasks/<slug>/_prd.md with ADRs.
4. Technical Design -- /cy-create-techspec translates the PRD into a technical specification at .compozy/tasks/<slug>/_techspec.md with ADRs.
5. Task Decomposition -- /cy-create-tasks breaks down the PRD and TechSpec into independently implementable task files (task_01.md, task_02.md, etc.) and a canonical task graph manifest at _tasks.md.
6. Execution -- compozy tasks run <slug> --ide <runtime> dispatches task files to the configured AI agent for implementation. Use --parallel-tasks to run one workflow by dependency waves from _tasks.md graph edges.
7. Review -- /cy-review-round (manual AI review) or compozy reviews fetch <slug> --provider coderabbit --pr <N> (external provider) produces review issue files under reviews-NNN/.
8. Remediation -- compozy reviews fix <slug> processes review issues, triages, fixes, and verifies each one.
9. Archive -- compozy archive --name <slug> moves fully completed workflows to .compozy/tasks/_archived/.

Repeat phases 7-8 until the review is clean, then merge.

digraph compozy_pipeline {
    "compozy setup" [shape=box];
    "/cy-idea-factory (optional)" [shape=box];
    "/cy-create-prd" [shape=box];
    "/cy-create-techspec" [shape=box];
    "/cy-create-tasks" [shape=box];
    "compozy tasks run" [shape=box];
    "Review (manual or provider)" [shape=box];
    "compozy reviews fix" [shape=box];
    "Reviews clean?" [shape=diamond];
    "compozy archive" [shape=doublecircle];

    "compozy setup" -> "/cy-idea-factory (optional)";
    "/cy-idea-factory (optional)" -> "/cy-create-prd";
    "/cy-create-prd" -> "/cy-create-techspec";
    "/cy-create-techspec" -> "/cy-create-tasks";
    "/cy-create-tasks" -> "compozy tasks run";
    "compozy tasks run" -> "Review (manual or provider)";
    "Review (manual or provider)" -> "compozy reviews fix";
    "compozy reviews fix" -> "Reviews clean?";
    "Reviews clean?" -> "Review (manual or provider)" [label="no"];
    "Reviews clean?" -> "compozy archive" [label="yes"];
}

For a detailed step-by-step walkthrough of each phase, read references/workflow-guide.md.

CLI Commands Quick Reference

Command	Purpose	Key Flags
Setup & Config
compozy setup	Install core skills and enabled extension assets	--agent, --skill, --global, --copy, --list, --all, --yes
compozy upgrade	Update CLI to latest release
Workflow Execution
compozy daemon	Manage the home-scoped daemon lifecycle	start, status, stop
compozy workspaces	Inspect and manage daemon workspace registrations	list, show, register, unregister, resolve
compozy tasks run	Execute PRD task files through the daemon	--name, --multiple, --parallel, --parallel-limit, --parallel-tasks, --recursive / -r, --attach, --ui, --stream, --detach, --task-runtime
compozy exec	Execute an ad hoc prompt	--agent, --format, --prompt-file, --tui, --persist, --run-id
compozy runs	Attach, watch, and purge daemon-managed runs	attach, watch, purge
Review
compozy reviews fetch

Common flags shared by tasks run, exec, and reviews fix: --ide, --model, --reasoning-effort, --add-dir, --auto-commit, --dry-run.

For complete flag documentation, read references/cli-reference.md.

Core Skills Summary

Skill	Trigger	When To Use	Do Not Use For
cy-create-prd	/cy-create-prd	Building a Product Requirements Document	TechSpec, task breakdown, coding
cy-create-techspec	/cy-create-techspec	Translating PRD into technical design	PRD creation, task execution
cy-create-tasks	/cy-create-tasks	Decomposing PRD+TechSpec into task files	Execution, review
cy-execute-task	(internal)	Executing a single PRD task (called by compozy tasks run)	Direct invocation, review work
cy-review-round	/cy-review-round	Performing comprehensive code review	Fetching external reviews, fixing
cy-fix-reviews	(internal)	Remediating review issues (called by compozy reviews fix)	Fetching reviews, task execution
cy-final-verify	/cy-final-verify	Enforcing verification before completion claims	Early planning, brainstorming
cy-workflow-memory	(internal)	Maintaining cross-task workflow memory	PR reviews, user preferences
compozy	/compozy	Learning how to use Compozy	Executing workflow steps

Optional Extension Skills

Skill	Trigger	When To Use	Install Flow
cy-idea-factory	/cy-idea-factory	Raw feature idea needs structured exploration before a PRD	compozy ext install --yes compozy/compozy --remote github --ref <tag> --subdir extensions/cy-idea-factory -> compozy ext enable cy-idea-factory -> compozy setup

For detailed skill descriptions and inputs/outputs, read references/skills-reference.md.

Artifact Directory Structure

.compozy/
  config.toml                          # Workspace configuration
  tasks/
    <slug>/                            # One directory per workflow
      _idea.md                         # Idea spec (from cy-idea-factory)
      _prd.md                          # Product Requirements Document
      _techspec.md                     # Technical Specification
      _tasks.md                        # Task graph manifest
      task_01.md ... task_N.md         # Individual task files
      adrs/
        adr-001.md ... adr-NNN.md      # Architecture Decision Records
      reviews-NNN/
        issue_001.md ... issue_N.md    # Review issues with round metadata in frontmatter
      memory/
        MEMORY.md                      # Shared workflow memory
        task_01.md ... task_N.md       # Per-task memory
    _archived/
      <timestamp>-<slug>/             # Archived completed workflows
  agents/
    <name>/                            # Workspace-scoped reusable agents
      AGENT.md                         # Agent definition
      mcp.json                         # Optional MCP server config
  extensions/                          # Workspace-scoped extensions

Global paths:

• ~/.compozy/agents/<name>/ -- global reusable agents (workspace overrides global)
• ~/.compozy/extensions/ -- user-scoped extensions
• ~/.compozy/runs/<run-id>/ -- daemon-managed run artifacts and persisted exec sessions
• ~/.compozy/global.db -- daemon workspace, workflow, task, and review catalog

Configuration

Workspace defaults live in .compozy/config.toml. CLI flags always override config values.

[defaults]
ide = "claude"
model = "opus"
auto_commit = true
reasoning_effort = "high"
add_dirs = ["../shared-lib"]

[tasks]
types = ["frontend", "backend", "docs", "test", "infra", "refactor", "chore", "bugfix"]

[tasks.run]
include_completed = false
recursive = false

[fix_reviews]
concurrent = 2
batch_size = 3

[fetch_reviews]
provider = "coderabbit"
nitpicks = false

[exec]
verbose = false
tui = false
persist = false

For all fields, types, and defaults, read references/config-reference.md.

Reusable Agents and the Council Pattern

Reusable agents are standalone personas that can be invoked via compozy exec --agent <name> or referenced by skills through run_agent.

Discovery order: workspace (.compozy/agents/<name>/) overrides global (~/.compozy/agents/<name>/).

Agent definition: Each agent has an AGENT.md with YAML frontmatter (title, description) and optional mcp.json for MCP server configuration.

Council agents shipped by the optional cy-idea-factory extension:

Agent	Perspective
pragmatic-engineer	Execution-focused, delivery speed, maintenance burden
architect-advisor	Long-term system coherence, boundaries, coupling
security-advocate	Attack vectors, compliance, data protection
product-mind	User impact, business value, opportunity cost
devils-advocate	Challenges assumptions, surfaces risks, stress-tests
the-thinker	Cross-domain patterns, structural reframing

Install flow: compozy ext install --yes compozy/compozy --remote github --ref <tag> --subdir extensions/cy-idea-factory -> compozy ext enable cy-idea-factory -> compozy setup.

The cy-idea-factory skill uses these agents in a council debate to challenge feature scope and surface risks. The council skill can also orchestrate multi-advisor debates on demand.

Management commands: compozy agents list, compozy agents inspect <name>.

Extensions

Executable plugins that extend Compozy at runtime via JSON-RPC 2.0 on stdin/stdout.

• Three scopes: bundled (shipped with Compozy), user (~/.compozy/extensions/), workspace (.compozy/extensions/). Workspace overrides user overrides bundled.
• Disabled by default. Enable explicitly with compozy ext enable <name> or --extensions flag on exec.
• Capabilities: lifecycle observation, prompt decoration, plan injection, agent session modification, review provider registration.
• SDKs: TypeScript (@compozy/extension-sdk), Go (sdk/extension).
• Scaffolding: npx @compozy/create-extension generates extension boilerplate.

Management: compozy ext list, compozy ext inspect <name>, compozy ext install <source>, compozy ext uninstall <name>, compozy ext enable/disable <name>, compozy ext doctor.

Common Patterns

• Run compozy setup before starting any workflow to ensure core skills and enabled extension assets are installed.
• Follow the pipeline in order: idea (optional) -> PRD -> TechSpec -> Tasks -> Execution -> Review -> Fix.
• Configure workspace defaults in .compozy/config.toml to reduce repetitive CLI flags.
• Run compozy tasks validate --name <slug> before compozy tasks run to catch metadata issues early.
• Use compozy archive to clean up fully completed workflows and keep the tasks directory focused.
• Use compozy exec --agent <name> for ad hoc prompts with a specific advisor perspective.
• Use compozy exec --persist to save session artifacts for later resumption with --run-id.

Anti-Patterns

• Skipping pipeline stages. Running compozy tasks run without a PRD and task files produces poor results.
• Invoking cy-execute-task directly. Use compozy tasks run, which handles dispatch, sequencing, memory, and tracking.
• Mixing workflow skills out of order. Running /cy-create-tasks without a PRD and TechSpec leads to shallow task decomposition.
• Editing task file frontmatter manually. Use compozy migrate or compozy tasks validate to fix metadata issues programmatically.
• Confusing skills with CLI commands. Skills (slash commands like /cy-create-prd) run inside an agent session. CLI commands (compozy tasks run) run in the terminal.
• Skipping verification. Always use cy-final-verify before claiming task completion or creating commits.