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by ilindaniel · Codex Skill · ★ 141
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Ponytail Lite One file. No plugin. He would have wanted it this way. "Ponytail Lite" is Ponytail without the plugin madness. Not to be confused with Ponytail's mode. This is a separate one-file version. Just copy into the place your agent reads instructions. That's it. No plugin, hooks, commands, MCP, or mode switching. The Joke Ponytail is a beautiful contradiction: an anti-overengineering tool delivered as a whole plugin ecosystem, with lifecycle hooks, slash commands, MCP, statuslines, adapter tests, and enough install paths to make a senior engineer stare silently at the wall. Ponytail Lite is what a lazy senior dev would have expected: Why This Exists Could you just copy from Ponytail? Yes... But: The here is not a byte-for-byte copy. It is an opinionated cleanup of the original: same lazy senior dev idea, less plugin baggage, and guardrails rewritten for people who just want the file. Install Copy , or copy the same text into whatever your agent calls "project instructions" or "rules". | Agent
| Stars | 141 |
| Forks | 13 |
| Category | Codex Skill |
| License | MIT |
| Quality Score | 61.6956692593646/100 |
| Last Updated | 2026-07-26 |
| Created | 2026-06-28 |
| Platforms | claude-code, codex |
| Est. Tokens | ~16k |
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ponytail-lite is Stop agents from over-engineering. Inspired by Ponytail, but without the plugin madness. Just one AGENTS.md file.. It is categorized as a Codex Skill with 141 GitHub stars.
You can find installation instructions and usage details in the ponytail-lite GitHub repository at github.com/ilindaniel/ponytail-lite. The project has 141 stars and 13 forks, indicating an active community.
ponytail-lite is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.
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