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ponytail-help

Quick reference for ponytail's modes, skills, and commands. One-shot display.

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The canonical home for this skill is ponytail-help in DietrichGebert/ponytail

SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

75%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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

The body is a well-structured, mostly executable reference card that respects token budget and uses tables effectively; it earns solid 4s across all dimensions with only minor tightening opportunities.

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Conciseness

Tables for Levels/Skills and short config snippets keep the card lean and assume Claude's competence; only the 'Update' troubleshooting paragraph ('If /plugin is not recognized...') is slightly over-explained, so it sits at 4 rather than 5.

4 / 5

Actionability

Concrete, copy-paste-ready commands appear throughout — '/ponytail lite', 'export PONYTAIL_DEFAULT_MODE=ultra', the config.json example, and 'npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@latest' — with only minor gaps, matching the mostly-executable anchor rather than fully-executable 5.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The single action is stated unambiguously ('Display this reference card when invoked. One-shot...') and the configure section gives an explicit resolution order (env var > config file > full); it is a 4 rather than 5 because no explicit validation/feedback loop is needed yet the multi-section card is not a single crisp sequenced workflow.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist, and the body is well organized into clearly headed sections (Levels, Skills, Deactivate, Configure, Update, More) with one signaled external reference ('Full docs + examples: https://github.com/...'); a 4 rather than 5 because the one-level-deep external link is the sole offload and some troubleshooting detail is inlined.

4 / 5

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Description

53%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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 and names a clear, distinct niche, but it lacks an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause and the natural keyword 'help', which cap completeness and trigger-term quality at 3.

Suggestions

Add a 'Use when the user asks for ponytail help, available modes, or command list' clause to explicitly answer the 'when' and lift completeness above 3.

Include the natural trigger term 'help' (e.g., 'Quick help reference for ponytail...') so users who say 'ponytail help' match naturally.

Optionally enumerate the concrete actions more fully (e.g., 'lists modes, skills, triggers, and config options') to push specificity toward 4-5.

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Specificity

Quotes 'Quick reference for ponytail's modes, skills, and commands' and 'One-shot display' — names the domain and two concrete actions (reference, display) but is not comprehensive, matching the score-3 anchor rather than 4 which requires several specific actions.

3 / 5

Completeness

It gives a clear 'what' (a quick reference card) but no 'Use when...' or equivalent trigger guidance, so per the boundary rule a missing when-clause caps completeness at 3.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

It surfaces 'ponytail', 'reference', 'modes, skills, and commands' but omits the natural trigger 'help' and common variations, fitting the 'some relevant keywords but missing synonyms' anchor; not a 4 because key natural terms are absent.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Tied to the named 'ponytail' plugin with distinct subject matter, giving a clear niche with only minor overlap risk among sibling ponytail skills; not a 5 because 'ponytail-help' could be confused with the other ponytail commands.

4 / 5

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Validation

93%

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

Validation15 / 16 Passed

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