refactor(plugin): make plugin skills-only and root-native (#967)

Author: tmchow

.agents/plugins/marketplace.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       "name": "compound-engineering",
       "source": {
         "source": "local",
-        "path": "./plugins/compound-engineering"
+        "path": "./"
       },
       "policy": {
         "installation": "AVAILABLE",

.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
         "workflow-automation",
         "code-review",
         "quality",
-        "knowledge-management",
-        "image-generation"
+        "knowledge-management"
       ],
-      "source": "./plugins/compound-engineering"
+      "source": "./"
     }
   ]
 }

…d-engineering/.claude-plugin/plugin.json .claude-plugin/plugin.jsonplugins/compound-engineering/.claude-plugin/plugin.json renamed to .claude-plugin/plugin.json plugins/compound-engineering/.claude-plugin/plugin.json renamed to .claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     "ruby",
     "python",
     "typescript",
-    "knowledge-management",
-    "image-generation"
+    "knowledge-management"
   ]
 }

…nd-engineering/.codex-plugin/plugin.json .codex-plugin/plugin.jsonplugins/compound-engineering/.codex-plugin/plugin.json renamed to .codex-plugin/plugin.json plugins/compound-engineering/.codex-plugin/plugin.json renamed to .codex-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@
     "ruby",
     "python",
     "typescript",
-    "knowledge-management",
-    "image-generation"
+    "knowledge-management"
   ],
   "skills": "./skills/",
   "interface": {
     "displayName": "Compound Engineering",
-    "shortDescription": "AI-powered development tools for code review, research, design, and workflow automation.",
-    "longDescription": "Compound Engineering is a suite of skills and agents that make each unit of engineering work easier than the last. Brainstorm requirements, plan implementations, review code with specialized reviewers, research institutional learnings, and capture solved problems so future work benefits. Skills install natively via Codex; for the full experience with specialized review and research agents, run the companion Bun converter after install (see README).",
+    "shortDescription": "AI-powered development skills for code review, research, planning, and workflow automation.",
+    "longDescription": "Compound Engineering is a suite of self-contained skills that make each unit of engineering work easier than the last. Brainstorm requirements, plan implementations, review code with skill-local reviewer prompts, research institutional learnings, and capture solved problems so future work benefits. Skills install natively via Codex; no companion custom-agent install step is required.",
     "developerName": "Every",
     "category": "Coding",
     "capabilities": [

.cursor-plugin/marketplace.json

@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@
   },
   "metadata": {
     "description": "Cursor plugin marketplace for Every Inc plugins",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
-    "pluginRoot": "plugins"
+    "version": "1.0.1"
   },
   "plugins": [
     {
       "name": "compound-engineering",
-      "source": "compound-engineering",
+      "source": ".",
       "description": "AI-powered development tools that get smarter with every use. Make each unit of engineering work easier than the last."
     }
   ]

…d-engineering/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json .cursor-plugin/plugin.jsonplugins/compound-engineering/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json renamed to .cursor-plugin/plugin.json plugins/compound-engineering/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json renamed to .cursor-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     "ruby",
     "python",
     "typescript",
-    "knowledge-management",
-    "image-generation"
+    "knowledge-management"
   ]
 }

.github/.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   ".": "3.13.1",
-  "plugins/compound-engineering": "3.13.1",
   ".claude-plugin": "1.0.2",
   ".cursor-plugin": "1.0.1"
 }

.github/release-please-config.json

@@ -3,22 +3,13 @@
   "include-component-in-tag": true,
   "release-search-depth": 20,
   "commit-search-depth": 50,
-  "plugins": [
-    {
-      "type": "linked-versions",
-      "groupName": "compound-engineering",
-      "components": ["cli", "compound-engineering"]
-    }
-  ],
+  "plugins": [],
   "packages": {
     ".": {
       "release-type": "simple",
-      "package-name": "cli",
+      "package-name": "compound-engineering",
+      "skip-changelog": true,
       "exclude-paths": [
-        "AGENTS.md",
-        "CLAUDE.md",
-        "README.md",
-        "LICENSE",
         "SECURITY.md",
         "PRIVACY.md",
         "favicon.png",
@@ -27,26 +18,19 @@
         ".github/",
         ".claude/",
         ".codex/",
-        ".agents/",
         ".gemini/",
         ".cursor/",
         ".windsurf/",
-        ".claude-plugin/",
-        ".cursor-plugin/",
-        "plugins/"
+        ".agents/plugins/marketplace.json",
+        ".claude-plugin/marketplace.json",
+        ".cursor-plugin/marketplace.json"
       ],
       "extra-files": [
         {
           "type": "json",
           "path": "package.json",
           "jsonpath": "$.version"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    "plugins/compound-engineering": {
-      "release-type": "simple",
-      "package-name": "compound-engineering",
-      "extra-files": [
+        },
         {
           "type": "json",
           "path": ".claude-plugin/plugin.json",
@@ -61,6 +45,11 @@
           "type": "json",
           "path": ".codex-plugin/plugin.json",
           "jsonpath": "$.version"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "json",
+          "path": "gemini-extension.json",
+          "jsonpath": "$.version"
         }
       ]
     },

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
       #
       # --strict (warnings-as-errors) should be enabled once this known
       # warning is fixed:
-      #   plugins/compound-engineering -- 1 warning:
+      #   . -- 1 warning:
       #     "root: CLAUDE.md at the plugin root is not loaded as project context. To ship context with your plugin, use a skill (skills/<name>/SKILL.md) instead."
       - name: Validate plugin schema (claude plugin validate)
         run: |