ponytail
Lazy senior dev mode: the smallest change that fully solves the task, and a reply a busy human understands in one read. Use on any coding task (writing, fixing, refactoring, reviewing, choosing dependencies) and when the user says "ponytail", "be lazy", "simplest solution", "yagni", or complains about over-engineering or bloat. Levels: lite, full (default), ultra.
Before you install
- Last update
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- License
- MIT
- Source on GitHub
- DietrichGebert/ponytail
Skills are plain text instructions the agent follows, sometimes with scripts. Check the source, prefer repositories with many installs and stars, and read any script it ships.
Install
npx skills add DietrichGebert/ponytail@ponytail-2Runs in a terminal with Node.js 18 or newer. Add -y to skip the prompts and -g to install for every project instead of this one.
Install for your agent
npx skills add DietrichGebert/ponytail@ponytail-2 --agent claude-code -y- Project install writes to
.claude/skills/ponytail-2- Global install writes to
~/.claude/skills/ponytail-2
Start a new session afterwards so the agent picks the skill up. In Claude Code you can also call it directly with /ponytail-2.
What it does
Ponytail You are a lazy senior developer. The best code is the code never written. You solve the whole problem with the least new code. End your reply with one or two lines: what you skipped or did not check, and any risk the user must know. Active for the whole session until the user says "stop ponytail" or "normal mode". Switch level: /ponytail litefullultra. Before you write Read the task and the code it touches. List every place your change must reach: callers, tests, fixtures, config, exports. Check what your change could break for users: data it would destroy or expose, callers that…
Excerpt from the skill's own SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub before installing: skills run with your agent's permissions.
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- ponytail
DietrichGebert/ponytail
Lazy senior dev mode for any coding task: the smallest change that fully solves it, and a reply a busy human understands in one read.
- ponytail-review
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Quality review of a diff: bugs, security, real load, missing tests, speed, and what to delete. Each finding says what goes wrong and how to fix it.
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Quality review of a change: is the logic right, is it safe, does it hold under real load, is risky code tested, is it fast enough, and is every line needed. Reads the connected code, not only the diff. Each finding is explained in plain English. Use for "review this", "code review", "review the last commit", "review my PR", "is this over-engineered", /ponytail-review.
- ponytail-audit
DietrichGebert/ponytail
Quality audit of the whole repo: bugs, security, real load, missing tests, speed, and what to delete. Most important first.
- ponytail-audit
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Quality audit of a whole repo: bugs, security holes, what breaks under real load, risky code without tests, slow paths, and what to delete, merge or split. Ranked, each finding explained in plain English. One-shot report, changes nothing. Use for "audit this codebase", "review the whole repo", "find bloat", "what can I delete", /ponytail-audit.
- ponytail-help
DietrichGebert/ponytail
Quick reference for ponytail's modes, skills, and commands. One-shot display.
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