Ponytail plugin: what it installs and how to add it
Forces AI coding agents towards the shortest working solution, favouring YAGNI and the standard library over unrequested abstractions.
From the Marketplace: ponytail marketplace
Install
> /plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail> /plugin install ponytail@ponytailRun both lines inside Claude Code: the first adds the marketplace, the second installs the plugin.
What is inside
- 6skills
- 1hook
About this plugin
Ponytail steers an AI coding agent towards simple, short implementations that solve the stated problem. Its guidance favours YAGNI, the standard library first, and avoiding abstractions that were not requested.
Reach for it when you want an agent to question over-engineering during coding tasks and keep its changes focused. It installs skills and a hook, without adding slash commands, subagents or MCP servers.
What's inside
- 6 skills:
ponytail-audit,ponytail-debt,ponytail-gain,ponytail-help,ponytail-reviewandponytail - 1 hook
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