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Whole-repo audit for over-engineering: finds dead code, unnecessary abstractions, stdlib-replaceable dependencies. Outputs ranked findings and net line/dep savings.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/ponytail:ponytail-auditThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
ponytail-review, repo-wide. Scan the whole tree instead of a diff. Rank
ponytail-review, repo-wide. Scan the whole tree instead of a diff. Rank findings biggest cut first.
Same as ponytail-review:
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.Deps the stdlib or platform already ships, single-implementation interfaces, factories with one product, wrappers that only delegate, files exporting one thing, dead flags and config, hand-rolled stdlib.
One line per finding, ranked: <tag> <what to cut>. <replacement>. [path].
End with net: -<N> lines, -<M> deps possible. Nothing to cut: Lean already. Ship.
Scope: over-engineering and complexity only. Correctness bugs, security holes, and performance are explicitly out of scope. Route them to a normal review pass. Lists findings, applies nothing. One-shot. "stop ponytail-audit" or "normal mode" to revert.
npx claudepluginhub dietrichgebert/ponytail --plugin ponytailReviews code diffs for over-engineering: unnecessary complexity, reinvented standard library, speculative abstractions. One-line findings per location. Use for 'review for over-engineering' or /ponytail-review.
Audits entire codebase for structural quality, file sprawl, thin wrappers, leaked logic, spaghetti growth, and dependency freshness via context7. Encourages code-judo simplifications.
Reviews recently implemented code for reuse opportunities, quality issues, and efficiency problems. Dispatches parallel reviewers, applies user-approved fixes with test verification, and generates a structured simplification report.