pi-ponytail

Ponytail lazy senior developer mode for pi. YAGNI first, stdlib/native before dependencies, smallest working diff, one runnable check for non-trivial logic.

Source behavior is adapted from DietrichGebert/ponytail.

Install

pi install npm:pi-ponytail

Try without installing:

pi -e npm:pi-ponytail

Commands

• /ponytail — enable the configured default mode (full unless changed).
• /ponytail lite|full|ultra|off — set session mode.
• /ponytail status — show current and default mode.
• /ponytail default lite|full|ultra|off — persist the default mode in the Ponytail config file.
• /ponytail-review — run the over-engineering review skill.
• /ponytail-audit — run the whole-repo over-engineering audit skill.
• /ponytail-debt — list ponytail: debt markers.
• /ponytail-help — show the quick reference.

Say stop ponytail or normal mode to disable the persistent mode in the current session.

Default mode

Resolution order:

1. PONYTAIL_DEFAULT_MODE=lite|full|ultra|off
2. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ponytail/config.json or ~/.config/ponytail/config.json
3. full

Config file shape:

{ "defaultMode": "full" }

pi package manifest

package.json exposes:

{
  "keywords": ["pi-package"],
  "pi": {
    "extensions": ["./extensions/ponytail.js"],
    "skills": ["./skills"]
  }
}

Development

npm test
npm pack --dry-run