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DietrichGebert/ponytail

One skill that makes the agent write only the code a task needs, without cutting validation, security or tests, plus commands to review a change and audit a repository.

Efficiency Single skill GitHub ponytail.dev

Stars: 163,053
Contributors: 121
Latest release: v5.2.0, 13 Oct 2026
Licence: MIT

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What does DietrichGebert/ponytail do?

Ponytail is one prompt, skills/ponytail/SKILL.md, that makes the agent write only what a task needs. It reads the code a change touches before it picks the smallest fix, never cuts validation, error handling, security or accessibility, and leaves one small test behind any logic with a branch, a loop, a parser, money or security. /ponytail-review reviews a change against the code around it, and /ponytail-audit runs the same checks over a whole repository.

Its default branch holds 12 SKILL.md files.

How do you install DietrichGebert/ponytail in Claude Code?

/plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail
/plugin install ponytail@ponytail

How fast is DietrichGebert/ponytail being forked?

Forks over time, by the day each was made

How actively is DietrichGebert/ponytail maintained?

335 commits in 52 weeks, and 26 releases in 12 months

Commits per weekRelease

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Numbers are from the GitHub API on 14 October 2026, read once a day; what it does and how to install it are from its README. All 15 Claude Code skills.