Ponytail

“Dietrich Gebert's ponytail — lazy-senior-dev mode that forces the simplest solution that works (YAGNI, stdlib first, no unrequested abstractions). Bundles the ponytail skill, its review/audit/debt/gain/help skills, and the always-on activation hooks.”

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Ponytail

Lazy senior dev mode for Claude Code. Forces the simplest, shortest solution that actually works: YAGNI, stdlib before custom code, native platform features before dependencies, one line before fifty — no unrequested abstractions.

Imported from DietrichGebert/ponytail (MIT, © Dietrich Gebert).

What's in the box

ponytail — the mode itself (levels: lite, full, ultra).
ponytail-review — over-engineering review of the current diff.
ponytail-audit — whole-repo over-engineering audit.
ponytail-debt — harvest ponytail: comments into a debt ledger.
ponytail-gain — measured-impact scoreboard from the benchmarks.
ponytail-help — quick-reference card.
activate (setup) — SessionStart/SubagentStart/UserPromptSubmit hooks that keep ponytail mode on every turn; configurable via PONYTAIL_DEFAULT_MODE.

Add

npx @aipkgs/cli box ponytail/Ponytail