Compound Engineering Workflow Guide for Solo Builders
For solo Mac Studio developers who want a structured, repeatable Claude Code workflow — not another tutorial that resets every session.
A practical ASTGL guide + GitHub template showing solo Mac Studio builders how to implement Compound Engineering patterns using Claude Code, gstack skills, and local LLMs.
- ▸What compound engineering is and why it beats starting from scratch
- ▸Full ASTGL daily stack: hardware requirements, software, gstack configuration
- ▸Session memory architecture: CLAUDE.md + procedural memory + session logging
- ▸How to wire gstack skills into the compound loop with concrete invocations
- ▸API vs. local LLM routing decision framework with cost thresholds
- ▸The 5-step daily compound loop with a real session walkthrough
- ▸Six anti-patterns with diagnosis and fixes
- ▸How to activate the template and run your first compound session
- ▸Pre-configured, annotated CLAUDE.md with compound engineering structure
- ▸Procedural memory scaffold with a real annotated example
- ▸One-page daily loop checklist (printable reference)
- ▸API vs. local LLM routing decision tree with Mermaid flowchart
- ▸Quick reference card for 8 essential gstack skills
- ▸session-start.sh — auto-loads your CLAUDE.md state and procedural memory at startup
- ▸Standard .gitignore for macOS + Claude Code projects
## goes-well-with
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## not-ready-to-buy
Take the field notes instead
One practical write-up a week from the same workbench these kits come from — plus reader pricing when new kits ship.