skills.rest
dsonyy
dsonyyCOMMUNITY
Explore all skills by this author →
WebsiteGitHub

ponytail-gain

Displays a one-shot ASCII scoreboard of benchmark-measured code, cost, and speed reductions.

Updated Mar 28, 2026
Search Tags:#metrics#benchmark#cost savings#scoreboard#code reduction#ascii chart#terminal display
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/dsonyy/dotfiles --skill ponytail-gain-dsonyy
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: ponytail-gain
Source: https://github.com/dsonyy/dotfiles/tree/main/config/plugins/ponytail/skills/ponytail-gain
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/dsonyy/dotfiles --skill ponytail-gain-dsonyy

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Users evaluating the ponytail workflow lack a quick, honest summary of its measured impact, and risk confusing benchmark medians with per-repo savings that cannot actually be computed. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Benchmark Scoreboard: Renders plain ASCII bars showing median reductions in lines of code (80-94%), cost (47-77%), and speed (3-6x) across 5 tasks and 3 models. - Honesty Boundary: Refuses to invent per-repo savings numbers and instead points to /ponytail-debt and /ponytail-audit for real counted figures. - One-Shot Display: Changes no mode, writes no files, and persists nothing; "stop ponytail" or "normal mode" reverts. - Use Case: A developer asks "what does ponytail save" and immediately sees the published benchmark medians rendered as a compact terminal scoreboard. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to show the ponytail gain scoreboard to display the benchmark median savings.

Frequently Asked Questions about ponytail-gain

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I see what ponytail saves in code and cost?▼

Invoke /ponytail-gain or ask "what does ponytail save" to render a one-shot ASCII scoreboard. It shows benchmark medians: 80-94% fewer lines of code, 47-77% lower cost, and 3-6x faster speed across 5 tasks and 3 models.

What benchmarks are the ponytail gain figures based on?▼

The figures are published medians from 5 everyday tasks (email validator, debounce, CSV sum, countdown timer, rate limiter) run across three models: Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus. They come from the benchmarks directory and README, not from your repository.

Can ponytail-gain show savings for my specific repository?▼

No, it deliberately never prints per-repo savings because the unbuilt baseline version was never written, so no real subtraction is possible. For actual per-repo figures, use /ponytail-debt for a counted ledger or /ponytail-audit for remaining cuttable code.

Does ponytail-gain change my mode or write any files?▼

No, it is strictly one-shot display: it edits nothing, changes no mode, and writes no flag files. Saying "stop ponytail" or "normal mode" reverts any ponytail behavior separately.

When should I use ponytail-debt instead of ponytail-gain?▼

Use ponytail-debt when you want real per-repo numbers, since it maintains a counted ledger of shortcuts you deferred. ponytail-gain only shows global benchmark medians and explicitly points to ponytail-debt for repository-specific figures.

Related Skills

Explore More Software Engineering Skills→
ngquaanghuyngquaanghuy

ponytail-gain

Display median benchmark metrics for ponytail across five everyday tasks.

Community
Basic
marmelabmarmelab

ponytail-debt

Scan repository files for ponytail: comment markers and generate a structured debt ledger.

Official
Intermediate
junechen7414junechen7414

caveman-stats

Report actual Claude Code token usage from the JSONL session log.

Community
Intermediate
ComposioHQComposioHQ
1.9k

perf-theory-tester

Validate performance hypotheses through controlled experiments with structured output.

Official
Basic