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Ponytail Audit

Ponytail Audit is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from DietrichGebert/ponytail. Quality audit of a whole repo: bugs, security holes, what breaks under real load, risky code without tests, slow paths, and what to delete… It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode and has 176,417 GitHub stars across a repository of 3 listed skills.

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Claude

This repository is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail
/plugin install ponytail@ponytail

In the Claude apps, zip the ponytail-audit folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

ChatGPT / Codex

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail.git
cp -r ponytail/skills/ponytail-audit .agents/skills/ponytail-audit   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects

Standalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.

Cursor

Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail.git
cp -r ponytail/skills/ponytail-audit .cursor/skills/ponytail-audit   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects

Source (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)

What this skill does

Quality audit of a whole repo: bugs, security holes, what breaks under real load, risky code without tests, slow paths, and what to delete, merge or split. Ranked, each finding explained in plain English. One-shot report, changes nothing. Use for "audit this codebase", "review the whole repo", "find bloat", "what can I delete", /ponytail-audit. Audit the whole repo like the senior developer who just inherited it and will be paged when it breaks.

When it triggers

  • Use for "audit this codebase", "review the whole repo", "find bloat", "what can I delete", /ponytail-audit.
  • "audit this codebase"
  • "review the whole repo"
  • "find bloat"
  • "what can I delete"

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3 skills are listed from this repository.

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FAQ

Ponytail Audit FAQ

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How do I install the Ponytail Audit skill?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail and then /plugin install ponytail@ponytail. For Codex or Cursor, copy the ponytail-audit folder into .agents/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.

Is the Ponytail Audit skill free?

Yes. The repository is open source under the MIT license.

Is Ponytail Audit maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 18, 2026. Its latest release is v5.3.2. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.