Overview
ponytail-gain is an open-source integrations skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by DietrichGebert. Its author describes it as: “Show ponytail's measured impact as a compact scoreboard: less code, less cost, more speed, from the benchmark medians. One-shot display, not a persistent mode, and not a per-repo number. Trigger: /ponytail-gain, "pony…”. The project has 143k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail`.
What ponytail-gain does
Display this scoreboard when invoked. One-shot: do NOT change mode, write flag files, or persist anything.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for ponytail-gain is organised into these sections:
- Scoreboard
- Honesty boundary
- Boundaries
Installation
Add ponytail-gain to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytailReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
License
ponytail-gain is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in DietrichGebert/ponytail, an established project with 143,477 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 30 days
- Its repository gained 50,797 GitHub stars over the last 52 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does ponytail-gain do?
- Show ponytail's measured impact as a compact scoreboard: less code, less cost, more speed, from the benchmark medians. One-shot display, not a persistent mode, and not a per-repo number. Trigger: /ponytail-gain, "ponytail gain", "what does ponytail save", "show ponytail impact", "ponytail scoreboard".
- How do I install ponytail-gain?
- Run /plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail before installing.
- Is ponytail-gain free to use?
- Yes. ponytail-gain is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does ponytail-gain work with?
- ponytail-gain lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does ponytail-gain come from?
- ponytail-gain ships inside DietrichGebert/ponytail, a repository that contains 6 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 143,477 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
