ponytail-review
Agent skill from dietrichgebert/ponytail.
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.
Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23
Source
Repository: https://github.com/dietrichgebert/ponytail
ponytail-review FAQ
What does the ponytail-review skill do?
> Code review focused exclusively on over-engineering. Finds what to delete: reinvented standard library, unneeded dependencies, speculative abstractions, dead flexibility. One line per finding: location, what to cut, what replaces it. Use when the user says "review for over-engineering", "what can we delete", "is this over-engineered", "simplify review", or invokes /ponytail-review. Complements correctness-focused review, this one only hunts complexity. 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-review?
Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/dietrichgebert/ponytail --skill ponytail-review --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/dietrichgebert/ponytail.
Maintain ponytail-review?
Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.
[](https://getagentictools.com/skills/dietrichgebert-ponytail-ponytail-review?ref=badge) npx agentictools info skills/dietrichgebert-ponytail-ponytail-review The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.
