ponytail-help

Quick-reference card for all ponytail modes, skills, and commands. One-shot display, not a persistent mode. Trigger: /ponytail-help, "ponytail help", "what ponytail commands", "how do I use ponytail".

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Quality

Content

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A well-structured, highly actionable reference card that assumes Claude's competence and uses concrete commands throughout. It is appropriately self-contained with only a single external documentation link.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Lean and table-driven with no explanation of concepts Claude already knows; minor trimming possible in the Update troubleshooting ('/plugin not recognized', npm/brew instructions) but otherwise efficient.	4 / 5
Actionability	Provides copy-paste-ready commands throughout (slash triggers, `export PONYTAIL_DEFAULT_MODE=ultra`, config file path with JSON example, `/plugin marketplace update ponytail`), fully executable for an instruction-only reference skill.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Single-purpose skill whose one action is stated unambiguously ('Display this reference card when invoked. One-shot, do NOT change mode, write flag files, or persist anything'); no destructive/batch operation requires validation checkpoints.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Self-contained card with well-organized section headers and a single one-level-deep external link (the GitHub docs); no nested references, though the body slightly exceeds the under-50-line simple-skill threshold.	4 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A concise, well-targeted description that clearly states both what the skill does and when to invoke it with natural trigger phrases. Its main limitation is modest action specificity and minor overlap risk within the ponytail skill family.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain ('all ponytail modes, skills, and commands') and one concrete action ('Quick-reference card' / 'One-shot display'), but does not enumerate several specific actions, matching the anchor for domain plus 1-2 concrete actions.	3 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ('Quick-reference card...One-shot display, not a persistent mode') and when ('Trigger: /ponytail-help, "ponytail help"...') with concrete trigger phrases, satisfying the top anchor.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Provides natural trigger phrases a user would actually say ('ponytail help', 'what ponytail commands', 'how do I use ponytail') plus the slash command, giving good keyword coverage though missing some synonym variants.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Has a clear niche (the help card for the ponytail plugin) with a distinct trigger, but minor overlap risk exists with the five sibling ponytail skills sharing the 'ponytail' prefix.	4 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Validation

100%

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Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: DietrichGebert/ponytail
Path: skills/ponytail-help/SKILL.md
Commit: 2ed6c52

Reviewed: 9 days ago

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