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ponytail-gain

Displays a one-shot ASCII scoreboard of ponytail's benchmarked code, cost, and speed reductions.

2|Updated Jan 26, 2026
Search Tags:#benchmark#cost savings#scoreboard#code reduction#ascii chart#ponytail#metrics display
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/Nzettodess/Awesome-Agent-Skills --skill ponytail-gain-nzettodess
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: ponytail-gain
Source: https://github.com/Nzettodess/Awesome-Agent-Skills/tree/main/Skills/Development/ponytail-gain
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/Nzettodess/Awesome-Agent-Skills --skill ponytail-gain-nzettodess

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. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Benchmark Scoreboard: Renders a compact ASCII bar chart showing median reductions in lines of code (80-94%), cost (47-77%), and speed (3-6x faster) across 5 tasks and 3 models. - Honesty Boundary: Explicitly refuses to invent per-repo savings numbers, since no unbuilt baseline exists in a live repository. - Use Case: A developer asks "what does ponytail save" and immediately sees the published benchmark medians, plus pointers to /ponytail-debt and /ponytail-audit for real per-repo figures. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to show the ponytail gain scoreboard to see the benchmarked impact summary.

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 on 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 execution.

What benchmarks are the ponytail gain figures based on?▼

The figures are 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 published benchmarks, not from your repository.

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

No, it deliberately refuses to print per-repo savings because the unbuilt version of your code was never written, so no real baseline exists. For actual per-repo figures, use /ponytail-debt for a counted ledger or /ponytail-audit for remaining cuttable code.

Does the ponytail scoreboard change my workflow or persist state?▼

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

When should I not rely on the ponytail gain numbers?▼

Do not treat the scoreboard as a prediction for your own codebase, since the medians come from controlled benchmark tasks. Use it only as a published reference point, and rely on /ponytail-debt for measured per-repo results.

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