Ponytail Help
Quick reference for ponytail's modes, skills, and commands. One-shot display.
Install
/plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytailThe repo is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. Run /plugin afterwards to pick the plugin that includes this skill.
npx skills add DietrichGebert/ponytail --skill ponytail-helpgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail.git /tmp/ponytail
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/ponytail/.openclaw/skills/ponytail-help ~/.claude/skills/ponytail-helpPersonal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.
From the SKILL.md
# Ponytail Help Display this reference card when invoked. One-shot, do NOT change mode, write flag files, or persist anything. ## Levels | Level | Trigger | What change | |-------|---------|-------------| | **Lite** | `/ponytail lite` | Build what was asked, name the smaller option in one line. | | **Full** | `/ponytail` | The smallest complete change, a check where the logic needs one, and a reply that names what was skipped and any risk. Default. | | **Ultra** | `/ponytail ultra` | Also questions the request and pushes back before building. | Level sticks until changed or session end. ## Skills | Skill | Trigger | What it does | |-------|---------|--------------| | **ponytail** | `/ponytail` | Lazy mode itself: least new code, clear replies that name skipped work and risks. | | **ponytail-review** | `/ponytail-review` | Quality review of a diff: bugs, security, load, missing tests, speed, what to cut. Each finding says what goes wrong and how to fix it. | | **ponytail-audit** | `/ponytail-audit` | The same quality review for the whole repo, ranked. | | **ponytail-debt** | `/ponytail-debt` | Harvest `shortcut:` comments into a tracked ledger. | | **ponytail-gain** | `/ponytail-gain` | Measured-impact scoreboard: less code, less cost, more speed. | | **ponytail-help** | `/ponytail-help` | This card. | In Codex CLI and the IDE extension, invoke skills with `$ponytail:ponytail`, `$ponytail:ponytail-review`, or `$ponytail:ponytail-help`. Claude Code and OpenCode use the
Details
- Skill name
ponytail-help- Repository
- DietrichGebert/ponytail
- Path
.openclaw/skills/ponytail-help/SKILL.md- License
- MIT
- Repo updated
- 29 October 2026
FAQ
What does the Ponytail Help skill do?
Quick reference for ponytail's modes, skills, and commands. One-shot display.
How do I install the Ponytail Help skill?
Claude Code plugin: /plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.
Is Ponytail Help popular?
It lives in DietrichGebert/ponytail, which has 181,225 GitHub stars and 9,958 forks.
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