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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".

76

Quality

95%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

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Quality

Content

100%

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

This is an excellent reference card skill that is concise, well-structured, and highly actionable. The use of tables for levels and skills makes scanning efficient, configuration examples are concrete and executable, and the content is appropriately scoped as a one-shot display with a clear external link for deeper documentation. No significant weaknesses.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The content is lean and well-structured using tables for quick scanning. Every section earns its place—no unnecessary explanations of what ponytail is conceptually or how CLI tools work in general. The tables are particularly token-efficient.

3 / 3

Actionability

Provides concrete triggers, exact commands, specific config file paths, executable bash/JSON snippets for configuration, and precise update instructions. Everything is copy-paste ready with no ambiguity about what to type or where.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

This is a reference card skill (single-task: display information), not a multi-step workflow. The single action is unambiguous ('Display this reference card when invoked'), and the content is clearly sequenced with logical sections. The configuration resolution order (env var > config file > full) is explicitly stated.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Content is well-organized into clearly labeled sections (Levels, Skills, Deactivate, Configure, Update, More). The skill appropriately keeps everything in one file since it's a help card, and points to full docs/examples via the GitHub link for deeper exploration—one level deep, clearly signaled.

3 / 3

Total

12

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12

Passed

Description

89%

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

This is a well-structured description with excellent trigger terms and clear completeness. Its main weakness is that the specificity of capabilities is somewhat limited — it describes displaying a reference card but doesn't elaborate on what kinds of information the card contains beyond 'modes, skills, and commands'. However, for a help/reference skill, this level of detail is arguably sufficient.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

It names the domain ('ponytail modes, skills, and commands') and describes a concrete action ('quick-reference card' and 'one-shot display'), but doesn't list specific capabilities beyond displaying help information.

2 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (displays a quick-reference card for ponytail modes, skills, and commands as a one-shot display) and 'when' (explicit trigger terms listed after 'Trigger:'). The trigger guidance is explicit and well-defined.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes multiple natural trigger terms users would actually say: '/ponytail-help', 'ponytail help', 'what ponytail commands', 'how do I use ponytail'. These cover common variations of how a user would ask for help.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Very distinct niche — it's specifically a help/reference card for the 'ponytail' system with unique trigger terms. Unlikely to conflict with other skills due to the specific 'ponytail' keyword and help-specific context.

3 / 3

Total

11

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12

Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation11 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository
DietrichGebert/ponytail
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