| name | ponytail-audit |
| description | Whole-repo audit for over-engineering. Like ponytail-review, but scans the entire codebase instead of a diff: a ranked list of what to delete, simplify, or replace with stdlib/native equivalents. Use when the user says "audit this codebase", "audit for over-engineering", "what can I delete from this repo", "find bloat", "ponytail-audit", or "/ponytail-audit". One-shot report, does not apply fixes.
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| compatibility | Created for Zo Computer |
| metadata | {"author":"marlandoj.zo.computer","upstream":"https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail","upstream_version":"4.7.0","license":"MIT"} |
ponytail-review, repo-wide. Scan the whole tree instead of a diff. Rank
findings biggest cut first.
Tags
Same as ponytail-review:
delete: dead code, unused flexibility, speculative feature. Replacement: nothing.stdlib: hand-rolled thing the standard library ships. Name the function.native: dependency or code doing what the platform already does. Name the feature.yagni: abstraction with one implementation, config nobody sets, layer with one caller.shrink: same logic, fewer lines. Show the shorter form.
Hunt
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
Complexity only, correctness bugs, security holes, and performance go to a
normal review pass. Lists findings, applies nothing. One-shot.
"stop ponytail-audit" or "normal mode" to revert.
Usage (Zouroboros)
On-demand repo-wide pass — not wired into the per-change DoD loop (that uses
the diff-scoped ponytail-review). Run it when you want a ranked deletion list
for a whole package or skill directory. Like ponytail-review, it ignores
correctness/security by design; pair it with a normal review when acting on
findings.
