ponytail-audit — Skills — getagentictools

What it does

delete: dead code, unused flexibility, speculative feature. Replacement: nothing.

stdlib: hand-rolled thing the standard library ships. Name the function.

native: dependency or code doing what the platform already does. Name the feature.

yagni: abstraction with one implementation, config nobody sets, layer with one caller.

shrink: same logic, fewer lines. Show the shorter form.

Source

Repository: https://github.com/dietrichgebert/ponytail

ponytail-audit FAQ

What does the ponytail-audit skill do?

> Whole-repo audit for over-engineering. Like ponytail-review, but scans the entire codebase instead of a diff: a ranked list of what to delete, simplify, or replace with stdlib/native equivalents. Use when the user says "audit this codebase", "audit for over-engineering", "what can I delete from this repo", "find bloat", "ponytail-audit", or "/ponytail-audit". One-shot report, does not apply fixes. delete: dead code, unused flexibility, speculative feature. Replacement: nothing. stdlib: hand-rolled thing the standard library ships. Name the function.

How do I install ponytail-audit?

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/dietrichgebert/ponytail --skill ponytail-audit --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/dietrichgebert/ponytail.

Maintain ponytail-audit?

Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.

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npx agentictools info skills/dietrichgebert-ponytail-ponytail-audit

The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.