direct-gain

name	direct-gain
description	DISPLAY ponytail's measured impact as compact scoreboard: less code, less cost, more speed. Benchmark medians, not per-repo numbers. One-shot display, not persistent mode. Trigger: "/ponytail-gain", "ponytail gain", "what does ponytail save", "show ponytail impact", "ponytail scoreboard".
version	2.0.0
last_updated	2026-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
category	direct

Ponytail Gain: Measured Impact Scoreboard

SCOREBOARD

Render plain ASCII bars. Bar length shows measured range; label carries exact figure:

  ponytail gain                     benchmark median · 5 tasks · 3 models

  Lines of code   no-skill  ████████████████████  100%
                  ponytail  ██▌·················    6–20%   ▼ 80–94%
  Cost            no-skill  ████████████████████  100%
                  ponytail  █████▌··············   23–53%  ▼ 47–77%
  Speed           ponytail  ▸ 3–6× faster

  This repo:  /ponytail-debt  (shortcuts you deferred)
              /ponytail-audit (what's still cuttable)

HONESTY BOUNDARY

These are benchmark medians, NOT this repo. NEVER print per-repo savings number, the unbuilt version was never written, so there's no baseline. The only real per-repo figures come from /ponytail-debt.

BOUNDARIES

One-shot display. Edits nothing, changes no mode. "stop ponytail" or "normal mode": revert.