release: 4.8.2

Authenticate the release workflow through GitHub OIDC instead of a long-lived
npm token: no secret to leak or rotate, provenance attached automatically.
Upgrade npm on the runner since OIDC publishing needs npm >= 11.5.1 (Node 22
ships npm 10).

.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ponytail",
-  "version": "4.8.1",
+  "version": "4.8.2",
   "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": "4.8.1",
+  "version": "4.8.2",
   "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": "4.8.1",
+  "version": "4.8.2",
   "author": {
     "name": "Dietrich Gebert",
     "url": "https://github.com/DietrichGebert"

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: publish
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: ['v*']
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '22'
+      # Trusted publishing (OIDC) needs npm >= 11.5.1; Node 22 ships npm 10.
+      - run: npm install -g npm@latest
+      # No token: id-token: write above lets npm authenticate via OIDC, and
+      # provenance is attached automatically. access set in publishConfig.
+      - run: npm publish

.opencode/plugins/ponytail.mjs

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 // ponytail — OpenCode plugin.
 //
 // Injects the ponytail ruleset into every chat's system prompt at the active
-// intensity, and persists /ponytail mode switches. Reuses the shared instruction
+// intensity, persists /ponytail mode switches, and registers slash commands so
-// builder so Claude Code, Codex, pi, and OpenCode all read one source of truth.
+// they work when the package is installed from npm. Reuses the shared
+// instruction builder so Claude Code, Codex, pi, and OpenCode all read one
+// source of truth.
 //
 // OpenCode loads this as a server plugin — add it to your opencode.json:
-//   { "plugin": ["./.opencode/plugins/ponytail.mjs"] }
+//   { "plugin": ["@dietrichgebert/ponytail"] }
 
 import { createRequire } from 'module';
 import fs from 'fs';
@@ -40,6 +42,15 @@ function writeMode(mode) {
   fs.writeFileSync(statePath, mode);
 }
 
+export function parseCommandFile(filePath) {
+  const content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8');
+  // Tolerate CRLF: a Windows checkout (autocrlf) delivers \r\n, npm ships \n.
+  const match = content.match(/^---\r?\n([\s\S]*?)\r?\n---\r?\n([\s\S]*)$/);
+  if (!match) return null;
+  const description = match[1].match(/description:\s*(.+)/)?.[1]?.trim();
+  return { description, template: match[2].trim() };
+}
+
 export default async ({ client } = {}) => {
   const log = (level, message) => {
     try { client && client.app && client.app.log({ body: { service: 'ponytail', level, message } }); } catch (e) {}
@@ -48,8 +59,18 @@ export default async ({ client } = {}) => {
   const ponytailSkillsDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../skills');
 
   return {
-    // Register skills directory so opencode discovers ponytail skills.
+    // Register slash commands + skills directory.
     config: async (config) => {
+      if (!config.command) config.command = {};
+      const commandDir = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'command');
+      try {
+        for (const file of fs.readdirSync(commandDir).filter((f) => f.endsWith('.md'))) {
+          const name = path.basename(file, '.md');
+          const parsed = parseCommandFile(path.join(commandDir, file));
+          if (parsed) config.command[name] = parsed;
+        }
+      } catch (e) {}
+
       config.skills = config.skills || {};
       config.skills.paths = config.skills.paths || [];
       if (!config.skills.paths.includes(ponytailSkillsDir)) {

README.md

@@ -105,8 +105,11 @@ The Claude Code and Codex plugins run two tiny Node.js lifecycle hooks, so `node
 
 ```
 /plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail
+```
+```
 /plugin install ponytail@ponytail
 ```
+(You have to send two separate prompts for the install to work) 
 
 The desktop app has no `/plugin` command. Install it from the UI instead: Customize, the + by personal plugins, Create plugin and add marketplace, Add from repository, then enter the repo URL (thanks @NiklasDHahn, #98).
 
@@ -151,7 +154,13 @@ pi install git:github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail
 
 ### OpenCode
 
-Run OpenCode from a checkout of this repo (the plugin reuses its `hooks/` and `skills/`), and add to `opencode.json`:
+Add to `opencode.json`:
+
+```json
+{ "plugin": ["@dietrichgebert/ponytail"] }
+```
+
+Run from a checkout instead (the plugin reuses `hooks/` and `skills/`):
 
 ```json
 { "plugin": ["./.opencode/plugins/ponytail.mjs"] }
@@ -186,6 +195,20 @@ It reuses this repo's `gemini-extension.json`. One difference: Antigravity conve
 
 Reads `AGENTS.md` from the project root, zero setup. Copy [`AGENTS.md`](AGENTS.md) to your project, or run `codewhale` from a checkout of this repo. That's it.
 
+### Swival
+
+Stage the collection in your library first, then add the skills you want:
+
+```bash
+swival skills add --global https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail  # stage into ~/.config/swival/library
+swival skills add ponytail                                             # install the collection into this project
+swival skills add --global ponytail                                    # or activate it in every project
+```
+
+Swival also reads `AGENTS.md` from the project root and `~/.config/swival/AGENTS.md` globally, the instruction-only fallback.
+
+On the command line, use a `$` prefix to explicitly activate a skill. For example: `$ponytail-review`.
+
 ### OpenClaw
 
 ```bash
@@ -200,7 +223,7 @@ Active every session, with a handful of commands (see [Commands](#commands)). `/
 
 Set the level for every new session with the `PONYTAIL_DEFAULT_MODE` env var (`lite`/`full`/`ultra`/`off`), or a `defaultMode` field in `~/.config/ponytail/config.json` (`%APPDATA%\ponytail\config.json` on Windows). The default is `full`.
 
-Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, GitHub Copilot (editor), Aider, Kiro, Zed, CodeWhale: copy the matching rules file from this repo ([`.cursor/rules/`](.cursor/rules/), [`.windsurf/rules/`](.windsurf/rules/), [`.clinerules/`](.clinerules/), [`.github/copilot-instructions.md`](.github/copilot-instructions.md), [`AGENTS.md`](AGENTS.md), [`.kiro/steering/`](.kiro/steering/)).
+Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, GitHub Copilot (editor), Aider, Kiro, Zed, CodeWhale, Swival: copy the matching rules file from this repo ([`.cursor/rules/`](.cursor/rules/), [`.windsurf/rules/`](.windsurf/rules/), [`.clinerules/`](.clinerules/), [`.github/copilot-instructions.md`](.github/copilot-instructions.md), [`AGENTS.md`](AGENTS.md), [`.kiro/steering/`](.kiro/steering/)).
 
 Kiro: copy `.kiro/steering/ponytail.md` to `~/.kiro/steering/` (global) or `.kiro/steering/` in your project.
 
@@ -210,6 +233,17 @@ VS Code with the Codex extension reads `AGENTS.md`, which this repo ships, so it
 
 Which files map to which agent: [Agent portability](docs/agent-portability.md).
 
+### Uninstall
+
+| Host | Command |
+|------|---------|
+| Claude Code | `/plugin remove ponytail` |
+| Codex | `codex plugin remove ponytail` |
+| Pi agent | `pi uninstall ponytail` |
+| Cursor / Windsurf / Cline / etc. | Delete the copied rule file |
+
+These remove the plugin's own files. They leave behind a small amount of state ponytail writes outside the plugin folder: the mode flag, `~/.config/ponytail/config.json`, and (if you accepted the setup nudge) a `statusLine` entry in `~/.claude/settings.json`. Run `node scripts/uninstall.js` to clean those up too. **Run it before the host remove command above** — the script is itself a plugin file, so removing the plugin first deletes it (or run it from a separate clone of this repo). It only removes the statusLine entry if it points at ponytail's own script, so a statusline you set up yourself is left untouched.
+
 ## Commands
 
 | Command | What it does |
@@ -221,7 +255,7 @@ Which files map to which agent: [Agent portability](docs/agent-portability.md).
 | `/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, OpenCode, Gemini, pi). In Codex they're skills, invoke with `@` (`@ponytail-review`). The instruction-only adapters (Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Copilot, Kiro, Antigravity) load the always-on ruleset without the commands.
+Commands need a skill-capable host (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini, pi, Swival). In Codex they're skills, invoke with `@` (`@ponytail-review`). The instruction-only adapters (Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Copilot, Kiro, Antigravity) load the always-on ruleset without the commands.
 
 ## Development
 
@@ -232,7 +266,7 @@ node scripts/check-rule-copies.js
 npm test
 ```
 
-The OpenClaw skill package (`.openclaw/skills/`) is generated from `skills/`; rerun `node scripts/build-openclaw-skills.js` after changing a skill, the test suite fails if it is stale.
+The OpenClaw skill package (`.openclaw/skills/`) is generated from `skills/`; rerun `node scripts/build-openclaw-skills.js` after changing a skill, the test suite fails if it is stale. To publish the skills to ClawHub, run `clawhub login` once, then `node scripts/publish-openclaw-skills.js` (it publishes all six at the `package.json` version; pass `--dry-run` to preview).
 
 The correctness benchmark spawns Python for email and CSV checks; `python3` is tried before `python`. CSV checks need `pandas` installed locally.
 

benchmarks/benchmark-local.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import json
 import re
 import time
 import urllib.request
+import urllib.parse
 from pathlib import Path
 
 ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent
@@ -149,6 +150,11 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument("--repeat",     type=int, default=1, help="Runs per cell; median reported (default: 1)")
     parser.add_argument("--ollama-url", default="http://localhost:11434", help="Ollama base URL")
     args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    parsed_url = urllib.parse.urlparse(args.ollama_url)
+    if parsed_url.scheme not in ("http", "https"):
+        parser.error(f"Invalid --ollama-url scheme: '{parsed_url.scheme}'. Only 'http' and 'https' are supported.")
+
     run(args.model, args.repeat, args.ollama_url)
 
 

docs/agent-portability.md

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ to load in a given agent.
 | GitHub Copilot CLI | `.github/plugin/`, `AGENTS.md`, `.github/copilot-instructions.md`, `~/.copilot/copilot-instructions.md` | Plugin-supported (`copilot plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail` + `copilot plugin install ponytail@ponytail`). Fallback instruction mode remains: per-project from `AGENTS.md` or `.github/copilot-instructions.md`, or globally from `~/.copilot/copilot-instructions.md` (instruction-tier, no `/ponytail` levels or hooks). |
 | Antigravity | `AGENTS.md` | Reads `AGENTS.md` at the repo root as always-on rules (like `.cursorrules`/`CLAUDE.md`); `.agents/rules/` also works for workspace rules. Instruction-tier. |
 | CodeWhale | `AGENTS.md` | Reads `AGENTS.md` from the repo root as project instructions; also reads `CLAUDE.md` and `.claude/instructions.md` as fallbacks. Instruction-tier. |
+| Swival | `.swival/skills/`, `AGENTS.md` | `swival skills add https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail` installs the six skills straight into `.swival/skills/`. Add `--global` to stage them in the library (`~/.config/swival/library`) first, then `swival skills add ponytail` (or `--global ponytail`) to activate per-project or everywhere. Also reads `AGENTS.md` from the repo root and `~/.config/swival/AGENTS.md` globally as instruction-tier fallback. |
 | VS Code + Codex extension | `AGENTS.md` | The Codex extension reads `AGENTS.md` (repo root, or `~/.codex/AGENTS.md` globally). Instruction-tier; the full Codex plugin row above adds `/ponytail` levels and hooks. |
 | Kiro | `.kiro/steering/ponytail.md` | Steering rule; copy globally or into a project. |
 | Generic agents | `AGENTS.md` or `skills/*/SKILL.md` | Copy the compact rule file or load the skill files directly. |

gemini-extension.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ponytail",
-  "version": "4.8.1",
+  "version": "4.8.2",
   "description": "Lazy senior dev mode. Forces the simplest, shortest solution that actually works: YAGNI, stdlib first, no unrequested abstractions.",
   "contextFileName": "AGENTS.md"
 }

hooks/claude-codex-hooks.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         "hooks": [
           {
             "type": "command",
-            "command": "command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1 && node \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/ponytail-activate.js\" || exit 0",
+            "command": "node \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/ponytail-activate.js\"; exit 0",
             "commandWindows": "if (Get-Command node -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) { node \"$env:CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT\\hooks\\ponytail-activate.js\" }",
             "timeout": 5,
             "statusMessage": "Loading ponytail mode..."
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         "hooks": [
           {
             "type": "command",
-            "command": "command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1 && node \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/ponytail-mode-tracker.js\" || exit 0",
+            "command": "node \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/ponytail-mode-tracker.js\"; exit 0",
             "commandWindows": "if (Get-Command node -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) { node \"$env:CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT\\hooks\\ponytail-mode-tracker.js\" }",
             "timeout": 5,
             "statusMessage": "Tracking ponytail mode..."

package.json

@@ -1,14 +1,43 @@
 {
-  "name": "ponytail",
+  "name": "@dietrichgebert/ponytail",
-  "version": "4.8.1",
+  "version": "4.8.2",
   "description": "Lazy senior dev mode for AI agents. The best code is the code you never wrote.",
-  "keywords": ["pi-package", "pi", "skills", "ponytail"],
+  "keywords": ["opencode-plugin", "opencode", "ponytail", "pi-package", "pi", "skills"],
   "license": "MIT",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Dietrich Gebert",
+    "url": "https://github.com/DietrichGebert"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail.git"
+  },
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail/issues"
+  },
+  "main": "./.opencode/plugins/ponytail.mjs",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./.opencode/plugins/ponytail.mjs",
+    "./plugin": "./.opencode/plugins/ponytail.mjs"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "AGENTS.md",
+    "hooks/",
+    "skills/",
+    ".opencode/",
+    "pi-extension/",
+    "assets/",
+    "LICENSE"
+  ],
   "scripts": {
     "test": "node --test tests/*.test.js && npm test --prefix pi-extension"
   },
   "pi": {
     "extensions": ["./pi-extension/index.js"],
     "skills": ["./skills"]
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
   }
 }

pi-extension/index.js

@@ -56,6 +56,25 @@ export { writeDefaultMode };
 export default function ponytailExtension(pi) {
   let currentMode = DEFAULT_MODE;
   let configuredDefaultMode = getDefaultMode();
+  let isActive = false;
+  let lastCtx = null;
+
+  // -- Status bar --
+  function syncStatus(ctx) {
+    if (ctx) lastCtx = ctx;
+    const c = ctx || lastCtx;
+    if (!c?.ui?.setStatus || !c.ui.theme?.fg) return;
+    const theme = c.ui.theme;
+    if (currentMode === "off") {
+      c.ui.setStatus("ponytail", "");
+      return;
+    }
+    const levelIcons = { lite: "🌿", full: "⚡", ultra: "🔥" };
+    const icon = levelIcons[currentMode] || "";
+    const label = currentMode.toUpperCase();
+    const indicator = isActive ? theme.fg("accent", "●") : theme.fg("dim", "○");
+    c.ui.setStatus("ponytail", indicator + " 🐴 " + theme.fg("muted", "ponytail: ") + theme.fg("text", icon + " " + label));
+  }
 
   const setMode = (mode, ctx) => {
     const normalized = normalizePersistedMode(mode);
@@ -63,6 +82,7 @@ export default function ponytailExtension(pi) {
 
     currentMode = normalized;
     pi.appendEntry("ponytail-mode", { mode: normalized });
+    syncStatus(ctx);
     ctx?.ui?.notify?.(`Ponytail mode set to ${normalized}.`, "info");
   };
 
@@ -148,6 +168,18 @@ export default function ponytailExtension(pi) {
     const entries = ctx?.sessionManager?.getBranch?.() || ctx?.sessionManager?.getEntries?.() || [];
     configuredDefaultMode = getDefaultMode();
     currentMode = resolveSessionMode(entries, configuredDefaultMode);
+    syncStatus(ctx);
+    ctx?.ui?.notify?.(`Ponytail loaded: ${currentMode}`, "info");
+  });
+
+  pi.on("agent_start", async (_event, ctx) => {
+    isActive = true;
+    syncStatus(ctx);
+  });
+
+  pi.on("agent_end", async (_event, ctx) => {
+    isActive = false;
+    syncStatus(ctx);
   });
 
   pi.on("before_agent_start", async (event) => {

pi-extension/test/extension.test.js

@@ -135,3 +135,33 @@ test("a request mentioning normal mode stays active", async () => withTempConfig
   const result = await events.get("before_agent_start")({ systemPrompt: "BASE" }, ctx);
   assert.match(result.systemPrompt, /PONYTAIL MODE ACTIVE/);
 }));
+
+test("status bar renders the mode and flips active on agent_start", async () => withTempConfig(async () => {
+  const { events } = createPiHarness();
+  const statusWrites = [];
+  const ctx = createCommandContext({
+    sessionManager: { getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "ponytail-mode", data: { mode: "ultra" } }] },
+    ui: { notify() {}, setStatus: (key, text) => statusWrites.push({ key, text }), theme: { fg: (_color, text) => text } },
+  });
+
+  await events.get("session_start")({ reason: "resume" }, ctx);
+  await events.get("agent_start")({}, ctx);
+
+  assert.equal(statusWrites.at(-2).key, "ponytail");
+  assert.match(statusWrites.at(-2).text, /○.*ULTRA/);
+  assert.match(statusWrites.at(-1).text, /●.*ULTRA/);
+}));
+
+test("status bar stays silent when ui lacks a theme", async () => withTempConfig(async () => {
+  const { events } = createPiHarness();
+  const calls = [];
+  const ctx = createCommandContext({
+    sessionManager: { getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "ponytail-mode", data: { mode: "ultra" } }] },
+    ui: { notify() {}, setStatus: (_key, text) => calls.push(text) }, // setStatus present, theme absent
+  });
+
+  await events.get("session_start")({ reason: "resume" }, ctx);
+  await events.get("agent_start")({}, ctx);
+
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, []);
+}));

pi-extension/test/helpers.test.js

@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ test("resolveSessionMode prefers latest persisted session mode", () => {
   assert.equal(resolveSessionMode(entries, "full"), "ultra");
 });
 
+test("resolveSessionMode returns fallback when entries is not an array", () => {
+  assert.equal(resolveSessionMode(null, "ultra"), "ultra");
+  assert.equal(resolveSessionMode(undefined, "lite"), "lite");
+  assert.equal(resolveSessionMode({}, "full"), "full");
+  assert.equal(resolveSessionMode("not an array"), "full"); // DEFAULT_MODE fallback
+});
+
 test("readDefaultMode and writeDefaultMode use XDG config path", () => {
   const tempDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "ponytail-config-"));
   const previousXdg = process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME;

ponytail-mcp/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ponytail-mcp",
-  "version": "4.8.1",
+  "version": "4.8.2",
   "description": "MCP server that serves Ponytail's lazy-senior-dev instructions as a prompt and a tool.",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",

scripts/publish-openclaw-skills.js

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// Publish the generated OpenClaw skills (.openclaw/skills/) to ClawHub.
+//
+// ClawHub does not sync from GitHub: each skill is pushed explicitly with the
+// clawhub CLI and carries its own version. This publishes every generated skill
+// in one pass, versioned from the repo's package.json so ClawHub tracks the repo
+// instead of drifting (the same drift that hit the plugin manifests in #260).
+//
+// Prereqs:
+//   - `clawhub login` once (registry auth persists)
+//   - skills must be current: run `node scripts/build-openclaw-skills.js` first
+//     if you changed a skill (CI fails if the committed copies are stale)
+//
+// Usage:
+//   node scripts/publish-openclaw-skills.js            # publish all as latest
+//   node scripts/publish-openclaw-skills.js --dry-run  # preview, upload nothing
+//   (any extra args are passed through to `clawhub skill publish`)
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
+
+const root = path.join(__dirname, '..');
+const skillsDir = path.join(root, '.openclaw', 'skills');
+
+const version = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, 'package.json'), 'utf8')).version;
+
+// Every generated skill dir with a SKILL.md is publishable. Reading the dir
+// (instead of a hardcoded list) covers whatever build-openclaw-skills emits,
+// with nothing to keep in sync.
+const slugs = fs.readdirSync(skillsDir, { withFileTypes: true })
+  .filter((e) => e.isDirectory() && fs.existsSync(path.join(skillsDir, e.name, 'SKILL.md')))
+  .map((e) => e.name)
+  .sort();
+
+if (slugs.length === 0) {
+  console.error(`No skills under ${path.relative(root, skillsDir)}; run build-openclaw-skills.js first.`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+// "ponytail-review" -> "Ponytail Review"
+const displayName = (slug) =>
+  slug.split('-').map((w) => w.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + w.slice(1)).join(' ');
+
+// Minimal quoting that satisfies both POSIX sh and cmd.exe: only display names
+// (which contain a space) need wrapping; slugs, versions, paths, and flags don't.
+const quote = (a) => (/[^\w./-]/.test(a) ? `"${a}"` : a);
+
+const passthrough = process.argv.slice(2);
+const extra = passthrough.length ? ` (${passthrough.join(' ')})` : '';
+console.log(`Publishing ${slugs.length} skills to ClawHub at version ${version}${extra}:`);
+
+for (const slug of slugs) {
+  const args = [
+    'clawhub', 'skill', 'publish', `.openclaw/skills/${slug}`,
+    '--slug', slug,
+    '--name', displayName(slug),
+    '--version', version,
+    '--tags', 'latest',
+    ...passthrough,
+  ];
+  const cmdline = args.map(quote).join(' ');
+  console.log(`\n$ ${cmdline}`);
+  const res = spawnSync(cmdline, { stdio: 'inherit', cwd: root, shell: true });
+  if (res.status !== 0) {
+    console.error(
+      `\nPublish failed for "${slug}" (exit ${res.status}). ` +
+      `Check that the clawhub CLI is installed and you have run \`clawhub login\`, then re-run. ` +
+      `Skills already published in this run are unaffected.`,
+    );
+    process.exit(res.status || 1);
+  }
+}
+
+console.log(`\nDone. Published ${slugs.length} skills at ${version}.`);

scripts/uninstall.js

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// ponytail — removes state ponytail wrote outside the plugin's own files:
+// the mode flag, the config file, and the statusLine entry it added to
+// settings.json. Plugin files themselves are removed by each host's own
+// uninstall command (see README); this only cleans up what those commands
+// can't see.
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const { getConfigPath, getClaudeDir } = require('../hooks/ponytail-config');
+
+function removeIfExists(filePath, label) {
+  try {
+    fs.unlinkSync(filePath);
+    console.log(`Removed ${label}: ${filePath}`);
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (e.code !== 'ENOENT') throw e;
+  }
+}
+
+removeIfExists(path.join(getClaudeDir(), '.ponytail-active'), 'mode flag');
+removeIfExists(getConfigPath(), 'config file');
+
+const settingsPath = path.join(getClaudeDir(), 'settings.json');
+try {
+  const raw = fs.readFileSync(settingsPath, 'utf8').replace(/^\uFEFF/, '');
+  const settings = JSON.parse(raw);
+  const cmd = settings.statusLine && settings.statusLine.command;
+  // ponytail: substring-match the script name, then drop the whole statusLine
+  // key. A combined statusline (e.g. caveman+ponytail) whose command contains
+  // "ponytail-statusline" gets removed wholesale. Parse out only ponytail's part
+  // if combined statuslines become common.
+  if (typeof cmd === 'string' && cmd.includes('ponytail-statusline')) {
+    delete settings.statusLine;
+    fs.writeFileSync(settingsPath, JSON.stringify(settings, null, 2), 'utf8');
+    console.log(`Removed ponytail statusLine entry from ${settingsPath}`);
+  }
+} catch (e) {
+  if (e.code !== 'ENOENT') throw e;
+}

tests/hooks-windows.test.js

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const HOST_PLUGIN_MANIFESTS = [
 ];
 // cmd.exe variable syntax (%FOO%); PowerShell leaves it literal, breaking the path.
 const CMD_VAR_SYNTAX = /%[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*%/;
+// PowerShell 5.1 rejects these POSIX shell guards when a host runs `command`.
+const POSIX_GUARD_SYNTAX = /\bcommand\s+-v\b|&&|\|\||>\/dev\/null|2>&1/;
 // Pull the hooks/<script> a command launches, so we can check it exists.
 const HOOK_SCRIPT = /hooks[\\/]([\w.-]+\.(?:js|mjs|cjs|ps1|sh))/;
 
@@ -40,6 +42,26 @@ test('every commandWindows uses PowerShell $env: syntax, not cmd.exe %VAR%', ()
   }
 });
 
+test('shared hook commands avoid POSIX-only guard syntax', () => {
+  const commands = commandHooks()
+    .map((h) => h.command)
+    .filter(Boolean);
+  assert.ok(commands.length > 0, 'expected at least one shared command entry');
+  for (const cmd of commands) {
+    assert.doesNotMatch(cmd, POSIX_GUARD_SYNTAX, `command uses POSIX-only guard syntax: ${cmd}`);
+  }
+});
+
+test('shared hook commands keep lifecycle hooks non-blocking', () => {
+  const commands = commandHooks()
+    .map((h) => h.command)
+    .filter(Boolean);
+  assert.ok(commands.length > 0, 'expected at least one shared command entry');
+  for (const cmd of commands) {
+    assert.match(cmd, /;\s*exit 0$/, `command must exit successfully if node or the hook script fails: ${cmd}`);
+  }
+});
+
 test('every hook command points at a script that ships in hooks/', () => {
   for (const hook of commandHooks()) {
     for (const cmd of [hook.command, hook.commandWindows].filter(Boolean)) {

tests/opencode-plugin.test.js

@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = tmp;
 delete process.env.PONYTAIL_DEFAULT_MODE;
 const statePath = path.join(tmp, 'opencode', '.ponytail-active');
 
-let loadPlugin;
+let loadPlugin, parseCommandFile;
 test.before(async () => {
   const url = pathToFileURL(path.join(__dirname, '..', '.opencode', 'plugins', 'ponytail.mjs'));
-  loadPlugin = (await import(url)).default;
+  const mod = await import(url);
+  loadPlugin = mod.default;
+  parseCommandFile = mod.parseCommandFile;
 });
 
 function transform(hooks) {
@@ -61,4 +63,21 @@ test('unrelated commands do not touch the flag', async () => {
   assert.equal(fs.existsSync(statePath), false);
 });
 
+test('parseCommandFile reads frontmatter description + body, LF and CRLF', () => {
+  const lf = path.join(tmp, 'cmd-lf.md');
+  fs.writeFileSync(lf, '---\ndescription: do a thing\n---\n\nthe template body\n');
+  assert.deepEqual(parseCommandFile(lf), { description: 'do a thing', template: 'the template body' });
+
+  // Windows checkouts (autocrlf) deliver CRLF — the parser must still match.
+  const crlf = path.join(tmp, 'cmd-crlf.md');
+  fs.writeFileSync(crlf, '---\r\ndescription: do a thing\r\n---\r\n\r\nthe template body\r\n');
+  assert.deepEqual(parseCommandFile(crlf), { description: 'do a thing', template: 'the template body' });
+});
+
+test('parseCommandFile returns null when there is no frontmatter', () => {
+  const bare = path.join(tmp, 'cmd-bare.md');
+  fs.writeFileSync(bare, 'no frontmatter here\n');
+  assert.equal(parseCommandFile(bare), null);
+});
+
 test.after(() => fs.rmSync(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true }));

tests/uninstall.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const os = require('os');
+const path = require('path');
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
+
+const root = path.join(__dirname, '..');
+
+function runUninstall(env) {
+  return spawnSync(process.execPath, [path.join(root, 'scripts', 'uninstall.js')], {
+    env: { ...process.env, ...env },
+    encoding: 'utf8',
+  });
+}
+
+delete process.env.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR;
+
+const temp = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'ponytail-uninstall-'));
+process.on('exit', () => fs.rmSync(temp, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+
+const home = path.join(temp, 'home');
+const claudeDir = path.join(home, '.claude');
+fs.mkdirSync(claudeDir, { recursive: true });
+
+const flagPath = path.join(claudeDir, '.ponytail-active');
+fs.writeFileSync(flagPath, 'full');
+
+const configDir = path.join(temp, 'config-home', 'ponytail');
+fs.mkdirSync(configDir, { recursive: true });
+const configPath = path.join(configDir, 'config.json');
+fs.writeFileSync(configPath, JSON.stringify({ defaultMode: 'ultra' }));
+
+const settingsPath = path.join(claudeDir, 'settings.json');
+fs.writeFileSync(settingsPath, JSON.stringify({
+  statusLine: { type: 'command', command: 'bash /some/path/ponytail-statusline.sh' },
+}));
+
+const env = {
+  HOME: home,
+  USERPROFILE: home,
+  XDG_CONFIG_HOME: path.join(temp, 'config-home'),
+};
+
+let result = runUninstall(env);
+assert.equal(result.status, 0, result.stderr);
+assert.equal(fs.existsSync(flagPath), false, 'mode flag must be removed');
+assert.equal(fs.existsSync(configPath), false, 'config file must be removed');
+
+const settingsAfter = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(settingsPath, 'utf8'));
+assert.equal(
+  settingsAfter.statusLine,
+  undefined,
+  'ponytail statusLine entry must be removed',
+);
+
+// A user's own, unrelated statusLine must survive untouched.
+fs.writeFileSync(settingsPath, JSON.stringify({
+  statusLine: { type: 'command', command: 'bash ~/my-custom-statusline.sh' },
+}));
+
+result = runUninstall(env);
+assert.equal(result.status, 0, result.stderr);
+const settingsAfter2 = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(settingsPath, 'utf8'));
+assert.equal(
+  settingsAfter2.statusLine.command,
+  'bash ~/my-custom-statusline.sh',
+  "a user's own statusLine must not be touched",
+);
+
+// Running on an already-clean machine must not throw.
+result = runUninstall({ HOME: path.join(temp, 'home-empty'), USERPROFILE: path.join(temp, 'home-empty') });
+assert.equal(result.status, 0, result.stderr);
+
+console.log('uninstall script checks passed');