$ npm install @truffle/workflow-compile

import Contracts from "@truffle/workflow-compile";

// expected config object
const config = {
  contracts_directory: "/users/myPath/to/contracts", // dir where contracts are located
  contracts_build_directory: "/users/myPath/to/buildDir" // dir where contract artifacts will be saved
};

// compiles contracts found in contracts_directory,
// saves them in contracts_build_directory
Contracts.compile(config)
  .then(() => console.log("Compilation complete!"))
  .catch(e => console.error(e));