direct-audit

name	direct-audit
description	WHOLE-REPO audit for over-engineering. Scans entire codebase instead of diff (like ponytail-review). Ranked list of what to delete, simplify, or replace with stdlib/native equivalents. One-shot report, does NOT apply fixes. Trigger: "audit this codebase", "audit for over-engineering", "what can I delete from this repo", "find bloat", "ponytail-audit", "/ponytail-audit".
version	2.0.0
last_updated	2026-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
category	direct

Ponytail Audit: Repo-Wide Over-Engineering Scan

TAGS

Same as ponytail-review:

• delete:, dead code, unused flexibility, speculative feature. Replacement: nothing.
• stdlib:, hand-rolled stdlib function. Name the function.
• native:, dep/code doing what platform already does. Name the feature.
• yagni:, abstraction with one impl, unused config, layer with one caller. Inline.
• shrink:, same logic, fewer lines. Show shorter form.

HUNT TARGETS

• Deps the stdlib or platform already ships
• Single-implementation interfaces
• Factories with one product
• Wrappers that only delegate
• Files exporting one thing
• Dead flags and config
• Hand-rolled stdlib

OUTPUT

One line per finding, ranked:

<tag> <what to cut>. <replacement>. [path]

End with: net: -<N> lines, -<M> deps possible. Nothing to cut: Lean already. Ship.

BOUNDARIES

Scope: over-engineering and complexity ONLY. Correctness bugs, security holes, performance out of scope. Lists findings, applies nothing. One-shot. "stop ponytail-audit" or "normal mode" to revert.