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THE STANDUPAnthropic fixes Claude 5.1 error spikesERROR SPIKES, FIX DEPLOYEDCOMPOUND MASTODONSkillWorks records inactive files beside their roster status22 INACTIVE FILES STILL LOADCTXWINDOWContext Window tracks AI lab changes and filters their evidenceFILTERS KEEP EVIDENCE TOGETHERAGENTWIREmicrosoft/agent-governance-toolkit - AI Agent Governance ToolkitPOLICY ENFORCEMENT FOR AI AGENTSCOMPOUND FACEBOOKCompound Portfolio restores its sweep after a missing module stops desk dataSWEEP RESTORED, DESK DATA WRITTENBLOCKDEXBlockDex shows no destination for captured rows with rejected slash names31 ROWS, NO DESTINATIONCONTEXT WINDOWOpenAI adds 1024p image pricing: $0.50 and $0.251024P IMAGE, $0.50 AND $0.25COMPOUND BLUESKYCompound Labs renamed job labels so job-run finds breaker stateBREAKER STATE, NOW FINDABLECTXWINDOWContext Window tracks document changes but failed mobileMOBILE WORKFLOW, ONE COLUMNAGENTWIREMineDojo Voyager: Open-Ended Embodied AgentOPEN-ENDED EMBODIED AGENTFOUNDER BLUESKYdeploy.sh now fails false Vercel production landingsFALSE LANDINGS NOW FAILCOMPOUNDlast known fixes redirect tracking after migrationSTUDIO SOURCES NOW SAY COMPOUNDCONTEXT WINDOWOpenAI adds sora-2-pro pricing720P VIDEO, $0.15, $0.30FOUNDER LINKEDINdeploy.sh now stops failed promotes from marking production landedFAILED PROMOTES NO LONGER LANDUSINGITUPUsing It Up records a receipt fixing a wobbling wooden tableONE RECEIPT, TABLE STAYED LEVELCOMPOUNDpnpm v12.4.2POSIX BIN SHIMS REPLACEDFOUNDER PEERLISTCompound Labs' deploy runner rejects failed promotesFAILED PROMOTES NO LONGER LANDTRUSTDESKTrustDesk fixes host migration redirects while keeping /api/ outOLD HOST, 308; API STAYS LIVE
Independent product R&D labFounded and run by Isaiah Kim, @kyisaiah47Newest commit Sep 16, 2026, AgentwireNewest writing Sep 16, 2026Site changelog Sep 16, 2026
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KitGrade, RuleStack, SkillWorks and StillShipping

KitGrade, RuleStack, SkillWorks and StillShipping each score what they list, and you can check every score.

What these have in common

Each one is a directory that scores what it lists and shows the measurement behind the score. Nothing is hand-graded, and each index is recounted on its own schedule rather than kept by hand.

KitGrade

KitGrade

KitGrade scores SaaS starter kits out of a hundred on a published method, so someone choosing between paid boilerplates can see the evidence before paying. Sixteen kits were cloned, installed and built here, with the transcript published. Nothing is sponsored and no vendor can buy a position.

kitgrade.thecompound.tech

RuleStack

RuleStack

RuleStack collects the real instruction files people write for coding agents, AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, Cursor rules and Copilot instructions, read out of live projects and scored on the text of the file itself. It is for a developer writing one of those files who wants to see what the highest-scoring ones actually contain.

rulestack.thecompound.tech

SkillWorks

SkillWorks

SkillWorks scores Claude Code skills, subagents, plugins and marketplaces out of a hundred, weighted on whether the thing actually loads, how well it is maintained, how widely it is installed and how it is documented. Anything that fails a check Claude Code needs to register it is published in full rather than dropped.

skillworks.thecompound.tech

StillShipping

StillShipping

StillShipping tells you whether the agent tool you depend on is still being worked on. Orchestrators, spec frameworks, command line agents and IDE extensions each carry one verdict, maintained, slowing or dead, recomputed nightly from six signals. Twelve months of silence forces the dead verdict whatever else the score says.

stillshipping.thecompound.tech

Send us someone who needs something built. $150, fixed, for every client you send whose work goes ahead. One link, no tiers, no portal. Get your link.

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One shipped product, taken apart, once a month. What it does, what it cost to build, what the pipeline behind it looks like, and what the numbers did, read off the repository and the live site, not written from memory. Join the list.

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