Ponytail Lite

One file. No plugin. He would have wanted it this way.

"Ponytail Lite" is [Ponytail](https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail) without the plugin madness.

Not to be confused with Ponytail's `lite` mode. This is a separate one-file version.

Just copy [`AGENTS.md`](AGENTS.md) into the place your agent reads instructions. That's it. No plugin, hooks, commands, MCP, or mode switching.

The Joke

Ponytail is a beautiful contradiction: an anti-overengineering tool delivered as a whole plugin ecosystem, with lifecycle hooks, slash commands, MCP, statuslines, adapter tests, and enough install paths to make a senior engineer stare silently at the wall.

Ponytail Lite is what a lazy senior dev would have expected:

AGENTS.md

Why This Exists

Could you just copy `AGENTS.md` from [Ponytail](https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail)? Yes... But:

The `AGENTS.md` here is not a byte-for-byte copy. It is an opinionated cleanup of the original: same lazy senior dev idea, less plugin baggage, and guardrails rewritten for people who just want the file.

Install

Copy [`AGENTS.md`](AGENTS.md), or copy the same text into whatever your agent calls "project instructions" or "rules".

Agent	Put the Ponytail Lite text here
Aider	Your project instructions / conventions file
Antigravity CLI	AGENTS.md or .agents/rules/ponytail.md
Claude Code	CLAUDE.md or project instructions