A persona file that is actually a decision procedure: the 'lazy senior dev' framing resolves into a concrete 7-rung ladder (YAGNI → reuse → stdlib → one line → minimal code) plus an explicit list of what NOT to be lazy about. It turns a vibe into checkable behavior.
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Ponytail — Lazy Senior Dev Persona is a misc agent skill for Claude Code: A persona file that is actually a decision procedure: the 'lazy senior dev' framing resolves into a concrete 7-rung ladder (YAGNI → reuse → stdlib → one line → minimal code) plus an explicit list of what NOT to be lazy about. It turns a vibe into checkable behavior. It has 72,646 stars on GitHub.
npx skills add DietrichGebert/ponytail/skills to confirm Ponytail — Lazy Senior Dev Persona is loaded.Ponytail — Lazy Senior Dev Persona is a misc agent skill for Claude Code: A persona file that is actually a decision procedure: the 'lazy senior dev' framing resolves into a concrete 7-rung ladder (YAGNI → reuse → stdlib → one line → minimal code) plus an explicit list of what NOT to be lazy about. It turns a vibe into checkable behavior. It has 72,646 stars on GitHub.
Run "npx skills add DietrichGebert/ponytail" in your terminal, or copy the skill into ~/.claude/skills/ (all projects) or .claude/skills/ (current project). Verify it loaded with the /skills command inside a Claude Code session.
Yes. Ponytail — Lazy Senior Dev Persona is open source - the full source is on GitHub at DietrichGebert/ponytail and free to install and use with Claude Code.
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