Merge main into fix/uninstall-opencode-flag (keep the Qoder and OpenCode checks)

Author: Dietrich Gebert

.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ponytail",
-  "version": "5.1.0",
+  "version": "5.1.1",
   "description": "Lazy senior dev mode. Forces the simplest, shortest solution that actually works: YAGNI, stdlib first, no unrequested abstractions.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Dietrich Gebert",

.codex-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ponytail",
-  "version": "5.1.0",
+  "version": "5.1.1",
   "description": "Lazy senior dev mode. Forces the simplest, shortest solution that actually works: YAGNI, stdlib first, no unrequested abstractions.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Dietrich Gebert",

.devin-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ponytail",
-  "version": "5.1.0",
+  "version": "5.1.1",
   "description": "Lazy senior dev mode. Forces the simplest, shortest solution that actually works: YAGNI, stdlib first, no unrequested abstractions.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Dietrich Gebert",

.github/plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ponytail",
   "description": "Lazy senior dev mode. Forces the simplest, shortest solution that actually works: YAGNI, stdlib first, no unrequested abstractions.",
-  "version": "5.1.0",
+  "version": "5.1.1",
   "author": {
     "name": "Dietrich Gebert",
     "url": "https://github.com/DietrichGebert"

.openclaw/skills/ponytail-debt/SKILL.md

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ can't quietly become permanent.
 
 ## Scan
 
-Grep the repo for comment markers, skipping `node_modules`, `.git`, and build
-output:
+Grep the repo for comment markers, skipping `.git` and everything the
+`.gitignore` files ignore (dependencies, build output, caches, in any stack):
 
-`grep -rnE --exclude-dir=.git --exclude-dir=node_modules --exclude-dir=dist --exclude-dir=build '(#|//|/[*]) ?(shortcut|ponytail):' .`  (add other comment prefixes if your stack uses them)
+`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.
 

.opencode/command/ponytail-debt.md

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 description: "Harvest shortcut: comments into a tracked debt ledger"
 ---
 
-Harvest every `shortcut:` comment (and older `ponytail:` ones) in this repository into a debt ledger so deferrals do not rot into 'later means never'. Grep the whole tree for comment markers (grep -rnE --exclude-dir=.git --exclude-dir=node_modules --exclude-dir=dist --exclude-dir=build '(#|//|/[*]) ?(shortcut|ponytail):' ., skipping node_modules/.git/build output; if the user names their own marker word, grep for that instead; skip hits that are not a deferral, like a keyboard-shortcut note). One row per marker, grouped by file: <file>:<line>, <what was simplified>. ceiling: <the limit named in the comment>. upgrade: <the trigger to revisit>. Tag any marker that names no upgrade path or trigger as no-trigger, those rot silently. End with the count of markers and how many lack a trigger. If none: 'No shortcut debt. Clean ledger.' Report only, change nothing.
+Harvest every `shortcut:` comment (and older `ponytail:` ones) in this repository into a debt ledger so deferrals do not rot into 'later means never'. Grep the whole tree for comment markers (git grep --no-index --exclude-standard -nE '(#|//|/[*]) ?(shortcut|ponytail):', skipping .git and everything .gitignore ignores; if the user names their own marker word, grep for that instead; skip hits that are not a deferral, like a keyboard-shortcut note). One row per marker, grouped by file: <file>:<line>, <what was simplified>. ceiling: <the limit named in the comment>. upgrade: <the trigger to revisit>. Tag any marker that names no upgrade path or trigger as no-trigger, those rot silently. End with the count of markers and how many lack a trigger. If none: 'No shortcut debt. Clean ledger.' Report only, change nothing.

.opencode/plugins/ponytail.mjs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 // The shared instruction builder is CommonJS; bridge to it from this ES module.
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 const { getPonytailInstructions } = require('../../hooks/ponytail-instructions');
-const { getDefaultMode, normalizePersistedMode } = require('../../hooks/ponytail-config');
+const { getDefaultMode, normalizeMode, writeDefaultMode } = require('../../hooks/ponytail-config');
 const { parseCommandFile, parseSkillFile } = require('./ponytail-frontmatter.cjs');
 
 // OpenCode has no flag-file convention of its own; keep mode beside its config.
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ const statePath = path.join(
 
 function readMode() {
   try {
-    return normalizePersistedMode(fs.readFileSync(statePath, 'utf8').trim()) || getDefaultMode();
+    // review is a one-shot command, never a level (#736); an old saved review falls back.
+    return normalizeMode(fs.readFileSync(statePath, 'utf8')) || getDefaultMode();
   } catch (e) {
     return getDefaultMode();
   }
@@ -53,9 +54,16 @@ function writeMode(mode) {
 // synchronous store if same-turn switching ever matters.
 function persistMode(args) {
   const wanted = String(args == null ? '' : args).trim();
+  // `/ponytail default <level>` saves the default for new sessions, like the Claude hook.
+  const [first, second] = wanted.toLowerCase().split(/\s+/);
+  if (first === 'default') {
+    const saved = writeDefaultMode(second);
+    if (saved) console.log('ponytail default ' + saved);
+    return;
+  }
   // Bare /ponytail switches ponytail on, or keeps the level when it already is (#639).
   if (!wanted && readMode() !== 'off') return;
-  const mode = wanted ? normalizePersistedMode(wanted) : (getDefaultMode() === 'off' ? 'full' : getDefaultMode());
+  const mode = wanted ? normalizeMode(wanted) : (getDefaultMode() === 'off' ? 'full' : getDefaultMode());
   if (!mode) return;
   writeMode(mode);
   console.log('ponytail ' + mode);
@@ -101,6 +109,14 @@ function readSkills() {
   }
 }
 
+// Templates without $ARGUMENTS would drop what the user typed after the
+// command (/ponytail-review feature/login), so append it instead.
+function withArguments(template, input) {
+  const text = String(input == null ? '' : input);
+  if (template.includes('$ARGUMENTS')) return template.replaceAll('$ARGUMENTS', text);
+  return text.trim() ? template + '\n\n' + text.trim() : template;
+}
+
 export default {
   id: 'ponytail',
 
@@ -119,10 +135,14 @@ export default {
           description: command.description,
           execute: async ({ sessionID, prompt, delivery }) => {
             if (command.name === 'ponytail') persistMode(prompt.text);
+            const withoutMentions = (items) => items?.map(({ mention, ...item }) => item);
             await ctx.session.prompt({
               ...prompt,
               sessionID,
-              text: command.template.replaceAll('$ARGUMENTS', prompt.text || ''),
+              text: withArguments(command.template, prompt.text),
+              files: withoutMentions(prompt.files),
+              agents: withoutMentions(prompt.agents),
+              skills: withoutMentions(prompt.skills),
               delivery,
             });
           },
@@ -132,11 +152,15 @@ export default {
 
     // Append the ruleset to the system prompt every turn. V2 hands over owned
     // system parts, so push one instead of rewriting the tail of another.
-    await ctx.session.hook('context', (event) => {
+    // Summary compaction runs its own hook with the same event shape; without
+    // it the compaction request misses the ruleset and the provider prompt cache.
+    const addRuleset = (event) => {
       const mode = readMode();
       if (mode === 'off') return;
       event.system.push({ type: 'text', text: getPonytailInstructions(mode) });
-    });
+    };
+    await ctx.session.hook('context', addRuleset);
+    await ctx.session.hook('compaction', addRuleset);
   },
 
   // OpenCode V1: same three behaviors, as hooks on the V1 hook names.

.qoder-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ponytail",
-  "version": "5.1.0",
+  "version": "5.1.1",
   "description": "Lazy senior dev mode. Forces the simplest, shortest solution that actually works: YAGNI, stdlib first, no unrequested abstractions.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Dietrich Gebert",

INSTALL.md

@@ -114,20 +114,25 @@ For full plugin-tier support (automatic mode activation + ruleset injection on e
 
 ## Antigravity CLI
 
-Google is renaming Gemini CLI to Antigravity CLI (the `agy` binary); the same extension installs there:
-
 ```bash
 agy plugin install https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail
 ```
 
-It reuses this repo's `gemini-extension.json`. One difference: Antigravity converts the `/ponytail` commands into skills, so you type them into the chat (e.g. `/ponytail-review` as a message) instead of picking them from a slash menu. Until the migration completes (around June 18, 2026), `gemini extensions install` still works too. To run it as an always-on rule instead, drop the ruleset into `.agents/rules/`.
+Installs the six skills, and Antigravity turns the `/ponytail` commands into skills as well, so you [call them as slash commands](https://www.antigravity.google/docs/skills#slash-command-conversion) such as `/ponytail-review`. No lifecycle hooks, so levels don't persist. For the always-on ruleset, copy [`AGENTS.md`](AGENTS.md) into your project; Antigravity [reads it as workspace rules](https://www.antigravity.google/docs/rules). Install verified with Antigravity CLI 1.3.3.
 
 ## Hermes Agent
 
 ```bash
 hermes plugins install DietrichGebert/ponytail --enable
 ```
 
+If that stops with `plugin.json declares an unsupported or missing Agent Plugins schema`, it is Hermes' install check (fix pending in [NousResearch/hermes-agent#125937](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/125937)). Until it lands, clone the plugin in by hand; Hermes loads it from `plugin.yaml` as usual (verified with Hermes Agent v0.21.7):
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail.git ~/.hermes/plugins/ponytail
+hermes plugins enable ponytail
+```
+
 Restart Hermes after installing. The plugin injects the active Ponytail mode before each LLM turn, registers the bundled skills as `ponytail:<skill>`, and adds `/ponytail`, `/ponytail-review`, `/ponytail-audit`, `/ponytail-debt`, `/ponytail-gain`, and `/ponytail-help`. In shared gateways, restrict `/ponytail` to trusted users with Hermes slash-command access controls; runtime mode is process-local.
 
 ## CodeWhale

README.md

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Only install ponytail from `DietrichGebert/ponytail` on GitHub or `@dietrichgebe
 | `/ponytail-gain` | Show the measured impact scoreboard (less code, less cost, more speed) from the benchmark. |
 | `/ponytail-help` | Quick reference for the commands above. |
 
-Commands need a skill-capable host (Claude Code, Codex, Devin CLI, OpenCode, Gemini, pi, Hermes Agent, Qoder, Grok Build). In Codex CLI and the IDE extension they're skills under the plugin's namespace; invoke with `$ponytail:ponytail-review`. Cursor with the [hooks](INSTALL.md#cursor) gets `/ponytail` level switching only, typed as a plain message. The instruction-only adapters (Cursor's rule file, Windsurf, Cline, Copilot, Kiro, Antigravity) load the always-on ruleset without the commands.
+Commands need a skill-capable host (Claude Code, Codex, Devin CLI, OpenCode, Gemini, Antigravity CLI, pi, Hermes Agent, Qoder, Grok Build). In Codex CLI and the IDE extension they're skills under the plugin's namespace; invoke with `$ponytail:ponytail-review`. Cursor with the [hooks](INSTALL.md#cursor) gets `/ponytail` level switching only, typed as a plain message. The instruction-only adapters (Cursor's rule file, Windsurf, Cline, Copilot, Kiro, Antigravity's `AGENTS.md` fallback) load the always-on ruleset without the commands.
 
 ## FAQ