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The README says its instruction-only adapters for Cursor (a rule file), Windsurf, Cline, Copilot, Kiro and Antigravity load the always-on rules without the commands. The README points to a separate install guide for Copilot, Cursor, OpenCode, Gemini and the rest.","external_costs":"The repository is MIT-licensed and states no pricing. Your coding agent or model provider may charge for usage.","permissions":"The skills act through your coding agent with the access you give it. According to the README, the agent writes shortcut: comments in code to mark deliberate shortcuts. /ponytail-review reads the code your change touches, not just the diff, and /ponytail-audit maps the whole repository. In Codex the README tells you to trust two lifecycle hooks. It says Ponytail is active in every session once installed, with startup and mode-change text that shows the current mode. 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The README states its rule as: write only what the task needs, and do not cut validation, error handling, security or accessibility. The README says the agent first reads the code the change touches, then climbs a ladder and stops at the first rung that holds: does this need to exist, is it already in the codebase, does the standard library, a native platform feature or an installed dependency cover it, can it be one line. Only then does it write the minimum that works, plus one small test if the code has logic.\n\nThe repository has skills named ponytail, ponytail-audit, ponytail-debt, ponytail-gain, ponytail-help and ponytail-review. The README lists commands to set the intensity (lite, full, ultra or off), review the current diff, audit the whole repository, collect deferred shortcut comments into a ledger, show a benchmark scoreboard, and print a command reference. The README says every reply ends with what was skipped or not checked.\n\nThe README reports its authors' own benchmark of 39 tasks run in Claude Code, comparing the same agent with and without the skill. It claims less code, time, cost and tokens, and points to a results file for the method and limits.","intended_users":"Developers who use a coding agent and want it to write less code and report what it skipped.","example_tasks":"Set the Ponytail intensity to lite, full or ultra.\nReview your current diff for bugs, security, real load, missing tests, slow paths and what to cut.\nAudit the whole repository and fix the highest-ranked finding first.\nCollect the shortcut comments you deferred into a ledger.\nShow the measured impact scoreboard.","setup_instructions":"For Claude Code, the README gives two separate prompts: /plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail and then /plugin install ponytail@ponytail. For Codex it gives codex plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail and codex plugin add ponytail@ponytail, then you open /hooks, trust its two lifecycle hooks and start a new thread. For any other agent, the README says to copy its rules file into your project or ask your agent to install the skill file as a skill, and it points to a separate install guide. The README has the exact commands.","limitations":"It needs a coding agent that can load a skill or read a rules file. The README says the commands need a skill-capable host: Claude Code, Codex, Devin CLI, OpenCode, Gemini, pi, Hermes Agent, Qoder or Grok Build. It says Cursor with hooks gets level switching only, and that the instruction-only adapters (Cursor's rule file, Windsurf, Cline, Copilot, Kiro and Antigravity) load the always-on ruleset without the commands. In Codex you open /hooks, trust two lifecycle hooks and start a new thread. The benchmark the README reports ran in Claude Code with Opus 5.5. 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