ponytail

Plugin

Prompt-engineering plugin that encourages minimal code generation by applying YAGNI principles to AI agent behavior.

by DietrichGebert·DietrichGebert/ponytail·JavaScript·v4.10.3

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He says nothing. He writes one line. It works.

~54% less code (up to 94%) · ~20% cheaper · ~27% faster · 100% safe Measured on real Claude Code sessions editing a real open-source repo (FastAPI + React), against the same agent with no skill. ~54% is the mean across 12 feature tasks (Haiku 4.5, n=4); it reaches 94% where an agent over-builds (a date picker) and is near zero where the code is already minimal. ponytail keeps every safety guard while a bare "write one-liners" prompt drops one. (The earlier single-shot ben…