ponytail
Reviews or audits code for over-engineering using the Ponytail ladder: YAGNI, stdlib, native platform features, existing dependencies, one-liners, then…
Skill by laoz40
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Works with Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf. Read the repository before you give any tool access to your data.
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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.
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What's inside
- Skill name
ponytail- Description
- Reviews or audits code for over-engineering using the Ponytail ladder: YAGNI, stdlib, native platform features, existing dependencies, one-liners, then minimum code. Use when the user asks to review code for unnecessary complexity, boilerplate, speculative abstractions, needless dependencies, or simpler stdlib/native replacements.
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- 95 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
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- SKILL.md
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Signals
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- Last commit (this folder)
- Jul 15, 2026 (3 months ago)
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- Repository
- github.com/laoz40/.dotfiles
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
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- GitHubgithub-graphql
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ponytail skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/laoz40-ponytail (last updated 2026-10-24)