| name | ponytail-audit |
| description | Whole-repo audit for over-engineering. Scans the codebase and ranks what to delete, simplify, or replace with stdlib/native equivalents. Use when the user asks to audit a repo for bloat, unnecessary abstractions, redundant dependencies, or "what can I delete from this codebase".
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| license | MIT |
ponytail-review, but repo-wide. Scan the whole tree instead of a diff. Rank
findings biggest cut first.
Tags
delete: dead code, unused flexibility, speculative feature. Replacement: nothing.stdlib: hand-rolled thing the standard library already 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
Look for:
- dependencies the stdlib or platform already covers
- single-implementation interfaces
- factories with one product
- wrappers that only delegate
- 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.
If there is nothing to cut, say Lean already. Ship.
Scope: over-engineering only. Correctness, security, and performance are out of
scope.
