ce-agent-native-audit
everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin
Comprehensive agent-native architecture review with scored principles across 8 core dimensions
What is ce-agent-native-audit?
Audits a codebase against agent-native architecture principles (Action Parity, Tools as Primitives, Context Injection, Shared Workspace, CRUD Completeness, UI Integration, Capability Discovery, Prompt-Native Features) by launching parallel sub-agents for each principle and producing a scored report. Use this when evaluating or improving how well your application supports agent autonomy.
- Launches 8 parallel sub-agents to audit each agent-native principle independently
- Enumerates all user actions, tools, data stores, and features in the codebase
- Scores each principle with specific numeric ratings (X out of Y format)
- Identifies gaps and anti-patterns (silent actions, isolated data, workflow-encoded tools)
- Compiles summary report with overall score, status indicators, and prioritized recommendations
- Supports optional single-principle audit if a specific principle is specified
How to install ce-agent-native-audit
npx skills add https://github.com/everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin --skill ce-agent-native-audit- Access to the codebase being audited
- Installation of ce-agent-native-architecture skill (referenced in workflow)
- Agent platform supporting parallel sub-agents (Claude Code, Cursor, or Pi with extensions)
How to use ce-agent-native-audit
- 1.Run the skill with optional principle argument: npx skills add ... --skill ce-agent-native-audit [principle-name]
- 2.Load the agent-native-architecture reference skill when prompted to understand all 8 principles
- 3.Allow 8 parallel sub-agents to complete their audits (one per principle)
- 4.Review the compiled summary report with overall score, principle scores, and top 10 recommendations
- 5.Use the prioritized recommendations to plan architectural improvements
Use cases
- Evaluate whether a new application is ready for agent integration before deployment
- Identify which agent-native principles are weakest and need architectural work
- Audit an existing agent-enabled system to find gaps in autonomy or UI integration
- Prioritize refactoring efforts by impact when improving agent capabilities
- Verify that agent tools are primitives, not workflows, before adding new agents
- Architects designing agent-enabled applications
- Engineering teams building AI agent integrations
- Product managers evaluating agent readiness
- Developers refactoring codebases for agent autonomy
ce-agent-native-audit FAQ
Pass the principle name as an argument (e.g., 'action parity') and only that sub-agent will run instead of all 8.
Each sub-agent counts specific instances (e.g., user actions with agent tools, entities with full CRUD) and reports as 'X out of Y' with a percentage. The summary aggregates these into an overall score.
ce-agent-native-architecture provides reference material and principles. This skill (ce-agent-native-audit) actively audits your codebase against those principles and produces a scored report.
Yes, the sub-agents will enumerate what they find. The scores will reflect the scope you provide—auditing a single module will show completeness within that module.
Agent-native architecture means the application is designed from the ground up for agents to operate autonomously—agents have the same capabilities as users, work in shared data spaces, and can discover what they can do.
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin.
name: ce-agent-native-audit description: Run comprehensive agent-native architecture review with scored principles argument-hint: "[optional: specific principle to audit]" disable-model-invocation: true
Agent-Native Architecture Audit
Conduct a comprehensive review of the codebase against agent-native architecture principles, launching parallel sub-agents for each principle and producing a scored report.
Core Principles to Audit
- Action Parity - "Whatever the user can do, the agent can do"
- Tools as Primitives - "Tools provide capability, not behavior"
- Context Injection - "System prompt includes dynamic context about app state"
- Shared Workspace - "Agent and user work in the same data space"
- CRUD Completeness - "Every entity has full CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete)"
- UI Integration - "Agent actions immediately reflected in UI"
- Capability Discovery - "Users can discover what the agent can do"
- Prompt-Native Features - "Features are prompts defining outcomes, not code"
Workflow
Step 1: Load the Agent-Native Skill
First, invoke the agent-native-architecture skill to understand all principles:
/ce-agent-native-architecture
Select option 7 (action parity) to load the full reference material.
Step 2: Launch Parallel Sub-Agents
Launch 8 parallel sub-agents using the platform's subagent primitive (Agent with subagent_type: Explore in Claude Code, spawn_agent with agent_type: "explorer" in Codex, subagent with agent: "scout" in Pi via the pi-subagents extension), one for each principle. Each agent should:
- Enumerate ALL instances in the codebase (user actions, tools, contexts, data stores, etc.)
- Check compliance against the principle
- Provide a SPECIFIC SCORE like "X out of Y (percentage%)"
- List specific gaps and recommendations
Agent 1: Action Parity
Audit for ACTION PARITY - "Whatever the user can do, the agent can do."
Tasks:
1. Enumerate ALL user actions in frontend (API calls, button clicks, form submissions)
- Search for API service files, fetch calls, form handlers
- Check routes and components for user interactions
2. Check which have corresponding agent tools
- Search for agent tool definitions
- Map user actions to agent capabilities
3. Score: "Agent can do X out of Y user actions"
Format:
## Action Parity Audit
### User Actions Found
| Action | Location | Agent Tool | Status |
### Score: X/Y (percentage%)
### Missing Agent Tools
### Recommendations
Agent 2: Tools as Primitives
Audit for TOOLS AS PRIMITIVES - "Tools provide capability, not behavior."
Tasks:
1. Find and read ALL agent tool files
2. Classify each as:
- PRIMITIVE (good): read, write, store, list - enables capability without business logic
- WORKFLOW (bad): encodes business logic, makes decisions, orchestrates steps
3. Score: "X out of Y tools are proper primitives"
Format:
## Tools as Primitives Audit
### Tool Analysis
| Tool | File | Type | Reasoning |
### Score: X/Y (percentage%)
### Problematic Tools (workflows that should be primitives)
### Recommendations
Agent 3: Context Injection
Audit for CONTEXT INJECTION - "System prompt includes dynamic context about app state"
Tasks:
1. Find context injection code (search for "context", "system prompt", "inject")
2. Read agent prompts and system messages
3. Enumerate what IS injected vs what SHOULD be:
- Available resources (files, drafts, documents)
- User preferences/settings
- Recent activity
- Available capabilities listed
- Session history
- Workspace state
Format:
## Context Injection Audit
### Context Types Analysis
| Context Type | Injected? | Location | Notes |
### Score: X/Y (percentage%)
### Missing Context
### Recommendations
Agent 4: Shared Workspace
Audit for SHARED WORKSPACE - "Agent and user work in the same data space"
Tasks:
1. Identify all data stores/tables/models
2. Check if agents read/write to SAME tables or separate ones
3. Look for sandbox isolation anti-pattern (agent has separate data space)
Format:
## Shared Workspace Audit
### Data Store Analysis
| Data Store | User Access | Agent Access | Shared? |
### Score: X/Y (percentage%)
### Isolated Data (anti-pattern)
### Recommendations
Agent 5: CRUD Completeness
Audit for CRUD COMPLETENESS - "Every entity has full CRUD"
Tasks:
1. Identify all entities/models in the codebase
2. For each entity, check if agent tools exist for:
- Create
- Read
- Update
- Delete
3. Score per entity and overall
Format:
## CRUD Completeness Audit
### Entity CRUD Analysis
| Entity | Create | Read | Update | Delete | Score |
### Overall Score: X/Y entities with full CRUD (percentage%)
### Incomplete Entities (list missing operations)
### Recommendations
Agent 6: UI Integration
Audit for UI INTEGRATION - "Agent actions immediately reflected in UI"
Tasks:
1. Check how agent writes/changes propagate to frontend
2. Look for:
- Streaming updates (SSE, WebSocket)
- Polling mechanisms
- Shared state/services
- Event buses
- File watching
3. Identify "silent actions" anti-pattern (agent changes state but UI doesn't update)
Format:
## UI Integration Audit
### Agent Action → UI Update Analysis
| Agent Action | UI Mechanism | Immediate? | Notes |
### Score: X/Y (percentage%)
### Silent Actions (anti-pattern)
### Recommendations
Agent 7: Capability Discovery
Audit for CAPABILITY DISCOVERY - "Users can discover what the agent can do"
Tasks:
1. Check for these 7 discovery mechanisms:
- Onboarding flow showing agent capabilities
- Help documentation
- Capability hints in UI
- Agent self-describes in responses
- Suggested prompts/actions
- Empty state guidance
- Slash commands (/help, /tools)
2. Score against 7 mechanisms
Format:
## Capability Discovery Audit
### Discovery Mechanism Analysis
| Mechanism | Exists? | Location | Quality |
### Score: X/7 (percentage%)
### Missing Discovery
### Recommendations
Agent 8: Prompt-Native Features
Audit for PROMPT-NATIVE FEATURES - "Features are prompts defining outcomes, not code"
Tasks:
1. Read all agent prompts
2. Classify each feature/behavior as defined in:
- PROMPT (good): outcomes defined in natural language
- CODE (bad): business logic hardcoded
3. Check if behavior changes require prompt edit vs code change
Format:
## Prompt-Native Features Audit
### Feature Definition Analysis
| Feature | Defined In | Type | Notes |
### Score: X/Y (percentage%)
### Code-Defined Features (anti-pattern)
### Recommendations
</sub-agents>
Step 3: Compile Summary Report
After all agents complete, compile a summary with:
## Agent-Native Architecture Review: [Project Name]
### Overall Score Summary
| Core Principle | Score | Percentage | Status |
|----------------|-------|------------|--------|
| Action Parity | X/Y | Z% | ✅/⚠️/❌ |
| Tools as Primitives | X/Y | Z% | ✅/⚠️/❌ |
| Context Injection | X/Y | Z% | ✅/⚠️/❌ |
| Shared Workspace | X/Y | Z% | ✅/⚠️/❌ |
| CRUD Completeness | X/Y | Z% | ✅/⚠️/❌ |
| UI Integration | X/Y | Z% | ✅/⚠️/❌ |
| Capability Discovery | X/Y | Z% | ✅/⚠️/❌ |
| Prompt-Native Features | X/Y | Z% | ✅/⚠️/❌ |
**Overall Agent-Native Score: X%**
### Status Legend
- ✅ Excellent (80%+)
- ⚠️ Partial (50-79%)
- ❌ Needs Work (<50%)
### Top 10 Recommendations by Impact
| Priority | Action | Principle | Effort |
|----------|--------|-----------|--------|
### What's Working Excellently
[List top 5 strengths]
Success Criteria
- All 8 sub-agents complete their audits
- Each principle has a specific numeric score (X/Y format)
- Summary table shows all scores and status indicators
- Top 10 recommendations are prioritized by impact
- Report identifies both strengths and gaps
Optional: Single Principle Audit
If $ARGUMENTS specifies a single principle (e.g., "action parity"), only run that sub-agent and provide detailed findings for that principle alone.
Valid arguments:
action parityor1toolsorprimitivesor2contextorinjectionor3sharedorworkspaceor4crudor5uiorintegrationor6discoveryor7promptorfeaturesor8
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