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ponytail Skill collection

Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room.

187,013 stars on GitHub, Nov 9, 2026 · 5 skills · 1 bundle

  1. Ponytail

    Bundle of 5 skills
    Use it when:
    Your coding agent over-engineers: abstractions, options, dependencies or code nobody asked for.
    It does:
    Keeps the agent to the smallest change that fully solves the task, then reviews a change or audits a whole repo for what will actually break.

    ponytail, ponytail-review, ponytail-audit, ponytail-debt, ponytail-help

    Age
    4 months
    Stars
    187K
    #9
    Total Downloads
    123K
    top 10%
    Weekly Downloads
    8K
    #70

  2. ponytail

    Part of Ponytail
    Use it when:
    The agent over-engineers: abstractions, options, dependencies or code nobody asked for.
    It does:
    Makes the agent take the smallest change that fully solves the task, reusing what the codebase already has.
    type:modeeffect:noneneeds:nonescope-controlcode-quality
    Age
    4 months
    Stars
    187K
    #9
    Total Downloads
    123K
    top 10%
    Weekly Downloads
    8K
    #70

  3. ponytail-review

    Part of Ponytail
    Use it when:
    You want a diff, branch, pull request or your last commit reviewed for what will actually break, not for style.
    It does:
    Reads the change and the code around it, such as callers, tests and the README, then checks correctness, safety, load, tests, speed and needless code, in that order.
    type:workfloweffect:noneneeds:nonecode-reviewcode-quality
    Age
    4 months
    Stars
    187K
    #9
    Total Downloads
    67.2K
    top 16%
    Weekly Downloads
    4.5K
    top 11%

  4. ponytail-audit

    Part of Ponytail
    Use it when:
    You've inherited a codebase, or want to know what in yours to fix or delete first.
    It does:
    Maps the repo first, from README, deploy config and dependencies to entry points and tests, then traces the main data flows end to end.
    type:workfloweffect:noneneeds:nonecode-reviewcode-quality
    Age
    4 months
    Stars
    187K
    #9
    Total Downloads
    55K
    top 18%
    Weekly Downloads
    4.3K
    top 12%

  5. ponytail-debt

    Only works as part of Ponytail
    Use it when:
    You've used ponytail for a while and want to see which shortcuts it deferred, before they become permanent.
    It does:
    Greps the repo for shortcut: comments, and older ponytail: ones, skipping .git and ignored files, or for a marker word you name, such as TODO.
    type:commandeffect:noneneeds:nonecode-quality
    Age
    4 months
    Stars
    187K
    #9
    Total Downloads
    52K
    top 18%
    Weekly Downloads
    4.1K
    top 13%

  6. ponytail-help

    Only works as part of Ponytail
    Use it when:
    You've installed ponytail and want a reminder of its levels, commands and settings.
    It does:
    Prints one reference card, without changing the mode or saving anything.
    type:commandeffect:noneneeds:nonescope-control
    Age
    4 months
    Stars
    187K
    #9
    Total Downloads
    51.9K
    top 18%
    Weekly Downloads
    4K
    top 14%