diff --git a/.openclaw/skills/ponytail/SKILL.md b/.openclaw/skills/ponytail/SKILL.md
index 2375da2..459ff25 100644
--- a/.openclaw/skills/ponytail/SKILL.md
+++ b/.openclaw/skills/ponytail/SKILL.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: ponytail
-description: "Lazy senior dev mode. Forces the simplest, shortest solution that works: YAGNI, stdlib first, no unrequested abstractions."
+description: "Lazy senior dev mode for any coding task (write, refactor, fix, review): YAGNI, stdlib first, no unrequested abstractions. Not for non-coding requests."
 homepage: https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail
 license: MIT
 ---
diff --git a/scripts/build-openclaw-skills.js b/scripts/build-openclaw-skills.js
index 9fe215c..2931803 100644
--- a/scripts/build-openclaw-skills.js
+++ b/scripts/build-openclaw-skills.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const ROOT = path.join(__dirname, '..');
 const HOMEPAGE = 'https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail';
 
 const DESCRIPTIONS = {
-  'ponytail': 'Lazy senior dev mode. Forces the simplest, shortest solution that works: YAGNI, stdlib first, no unrequested abstractions.',
+  'ponytail': 'Lazy senior dev mode for any coding task (write, refactor, fix, review): YAGNI, stdlib first, no unrequested abstractions. Not for non-coding requests.',
   'ponytail-review': 'Review a diff for over-engineering. Finds what to delete: reinvented stdlib, needless deps, speculative abstractions. One line per finding.',
   'ponytail-audit': 'Audit the whole repo for over-engineering. A ranked list of what to delete, simplify, or replace with stdlib or native features.',
   'ponytail-debt': 'Harvest every ponytail: shortcut comment into one debt ledger, so deferrals get tracked instead of forgotten. One-shot report.',
diff --git a/skills/ponytail/SKILL.md b/skills/ponytail/SKILL.md
index ee895f6..5f999d7 100644
--- a/skills/ponytail/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/ponytail/SKILL.md
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ description: >
   minimal. Channels a senior dev who has seen everything: question whether the
   task needs to exist at all (YAGNI), reach for the standard library before
   custom code, native platform features before dependencies, one line before
-  fifty. Supports intensity levels: lite, full (default), ultra. Use whenever
-  the user says "ponytail", "be lazy", "lazy mode", "simplest solution",
-  "minimal solution", "yagni", "do less", or "shortest path", and whenever
-  they complain about over-engineering, bloat, boilerplate, or unnecessary
-  dependencies.
+  fifty. Supports intensity levels: lite, full (default), ultra. Use on ANY
+  coding task: writing, adding, refactoring, fixing, reviewing, or designing
+  code, and choosing libraries or dependencies. Also use whenever the user
+  says "ponytail", "be lazy", "lazy mode", "simplest solution", "minimal
+  solution", "yagni", "do less", or "shortest path", or complains about
+  over-engineering, bloat, boilerplate, or unnecessary dependencies. Do NOT
+  use for non-coding requests (general knowledge, prose, translation,
+  summaries, recipes).
 argument-hint: "[lite|full|ultra]"
 license: MIT
 ---