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Yield Framework Plugin for Claude Code

A Claude Code plugin that applies the Yield framework to help you build software that compounds.

The Yield Philosophy: Use first principles to find what compounds, then get out of its way.

What This Plugin Does

  • Automatic Detection: Flags cleverness debt patterns after every file edit
  • On-Demand Audit: Run /yield for a full project analysis
  • New Project Setup: Run /yield-new to architect projects with compounding in mind
  • Continuous Guidance: SKILL.md teaches Claude to think in Yield terms automatically

Installation

/plugin marketplace add your-username/yield-framework
/plugin install yield-framework

Commands

Command Description
/yield Full Yield audit of current project or file
/yield-new Architecture planning for new projects
/yield-check Quick cleverness debt scan

The Five Principles

  1. Identify the compounding asset — What gets better with more compute, data, or iteration?
  2. Minimize embedded cleverness — Hand-crafted heuristics encode assumptions that rot
  3. Build what builds — Invest in leverage (tooling, pipelines), not just artifacts
  4. Optimize for iteration speed — Search beats planning; reduce cycle time ruthlessly
  5. Defer decisions to systems that scale — Configure, don't hardcode

Cleverness Debt Patterns Detected

The plugin flags:

  • Magic numbers and hardcoded thresholds
  • Domain-specific heuristics in business logic
  • Deeply nested conditionals (cyclomatic complexity)
  • Configuration buried in code
  • Repeated patterns that should be abstracted
  • Hardcoded URLs, credentials, environment assumptions
  • Clever algorithms where simple + scalable would work

License

MIT

Author

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