# Ponytail Programming Skill

Hermes skill distilled from [`DietrichGebert/ponytail`](https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail) for programming tasks.

It teaches the agent to prefer YAGNI, standard library, native platform features, existing dependencies, deletion, and the minimum correct code while preserving validation, security, accessibility, calibration, and one smallest runnable check for non-trivial logic.

## Install

Copy the skill directory into your Hermes skills tree:

```bash
mkdir -p ~/.hermes/skills/software-development/ponytail-programming
cp skill/ponytail-programming/SKILL.md ~/.hermes/skills/software-development/ponytail-programming/SKILL.md
```

Start a new Hermes session before expecting the skill loader to see it.

## Source

Learned from upstream commit `0403c4dd50ee6d0db2c3ec70b2be6655f9cb65a9`.