ponytail-debt SKILL.md skillA

This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

ponytail-debt from kunolu/640-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add kunolu/640-skills/ponytail-debt@git:20261028.4eb8b2a

Pins git:20261028.4eb8b2a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
kunolu/640-skills
Path
sbtd-workflow-onboard/assets/external-skills/stable/skills/ponytail-debt/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20261028.4eb8b2a, committed Oct 28, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 26, 2026
Size
1,769 bytes
Repository stars
557
License
Apache-2.0

List every `shortcut:` comment (and older `ponytail:` ones) as a debt ledger. One-shot report, changes nothing. Use for "ponytail debt", "what did ponytail defer", "list the shortcuts", /ponytail-debt.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

Every deliberate ponytail shortcut is marked with a `shortcut:` comment naming
its ceiling and upgrade path (older code may say `ponytail:`). This collects them into one ledger so a deferral
can't quietly become permanent.

## Scan

Grep the repo for comment markers, skipping `.git` and everything the
`.gitignore` files ignore (dependencies, build output, caches, in any stack):

`git grep --no-index --exclude-standard -nE '(#|//|/[*]) ?(shortcut|ponytail):'`  (add other comment prefixes if your stack uses them)

If the user names their own marker word (`/ponytail-debt TODO`), grep for that word instead.

Each hit is one ledger row. The comment prefix keeps prose that merely mentions
the convention out of the ledger. Skip hits that are not a deferral, like a note
about a keyboard shortcut.

## Output

One row per marker, grouped by file:

`<file>:<line>, <what was simplified>. ceiling: <the limit named>. upgrade: <the trigger to revisit>.`

The convention is `shortcut: <ceiling>, <upgrade path>`, so pull the ceiling
and the trigger straight from the comment. Want an owner per row too? add
`git blame -L<line>,<line>`.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add kunolu/640-skills/ponytail-debt@sha256:b5ec2762f6ba8c4a

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261028.4eb8b2a, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

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[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_qo67qaqnmucpozrl.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_qo67qaqnmucpozrl)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Aug 26, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026, about one every 63 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261028.4eb8b2a latest2026-10-28 4eb8b2a 1,769 BA view · diff
git:20260826.2c5e3302026-08-26 2c5e330 1,703 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1769 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

kunolu/640-skills · 557 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qo67qaqnmucpozrl
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kunolu/640-skills/ponytail-debt
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b5ec2762f6ba8c4af9ea7173aa6c9f91b88655a25e43f9de0264f6ce8722b25f

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

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