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".

Quality

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Does it follow best practices?

Impact

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No eval scenarios have been run

Securityby

Passed

No known issues

Quality

Content

87%

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

The card is concise, highly actionable, and well-structured with one-level-deep external documentation. The one gap is workflow clarity: update/config flows lack explicit validation checkpoints, capping that dimension at 2.

Suggestions

Add a verify/confirmation step to the Update workflow (e.g. 'after /reload-plugins, confirm ponytail-help shows the new version') to support a workflow_clarity of 3.

Make the default-mode config resolution a short ordered checklist with a 'confirm active mode' checkpoint rather than a single 'env var > config file > full' line.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is a lean reference card of tables and short sections; it assumes Claude's competence and avoids explaining concepts like what a 'mode' or 'slash command' is. Every line earns its place.	3 / 3
Actionability	It provides concrete, executable triggers and commands (e.g. '/ponytail ultra', 'export PONYTAIL_DEFAULT_MODE=ultra', config JSON, '/plugin marketplace update ponytail'), copy-paste ready.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Sections are organized but there is no sequenced workflow with validation checkpoints; e.g. the Update section lists steps without a verify step, and config resolution is stated rather than walked through with a checkpoint.	2 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	It is a short single-purpose reference card (~60 lines) with well-organized sections and a single external link to full docs at one level deep; no nested references.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Description

82%

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

The description is concise, gives explicit trigger phrases, and answers both what and when clearly. Its only weakness is that 'specificity of capabilities' is bundled into one reference-card concept rather than enumerated actions, capping that dimension at 2.

Suggestions

Optionally enumerate the concrete capabilities the card surfaces (e.g. 'lists modes, skills, triggers, and config') to lift specificity from 2 to 3.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	It names the domain ('ponytail modes, skills, and commands') and the concrete action ('Quick-reference card', 'One-shot display') but does not list multiple distinct capabilities, instead bundling them into one reference-card concept.	2 / 3
Completeness	It answers both 'what' (quick-reference card for all modes/skills/commands, one-shot display) and 'when' (explicit 'Trigger:' clause with concrete phrases), satisfying the explicit-trigger requirement.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	It gives explicit natural triggers a user would actually say: '/ponytail-help', 'ponytail help', 'what ponytail commands', 'how do I use ponytail' — good coverage of command and phrasing variants.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The 'ponytail-help' niche with brand-specific triggers is clearly distinct from generic skills and unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Validation

100%

Warnings & errors only

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

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository: DietrichGebert/ponytail
Commit: 1b2760d

Reviewed: 5 days ago

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