DietrichGebertandClaude Opus 4.8
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Em dashes crept back into examples, docs/platform-native.md, several READMEs,
the ponytail-debt skill, and a command file since 88431de. Replaced with plain
punctuation (commas, matching the house convention), .openclaw mirror
regenerated. Follows 88431de's scope: leaves untouched the vendored caveman
SKILL.md and the dated benchmarks/results/ writeups (historical records).
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# ponytail-mcp
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An MCP server that serves Ponytail's lazy-senior-dev instructions. It exposes
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the same ruleset the Claude hooks and Pi extension use, so every host emits
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identical rules.
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It is not a replacement for the always-on adapters. Ponytail normally lives in
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the system context every turn. MCP prompts are user-invoked, and there is no
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portable MCP primitive for "inject this into every turn" across hosts. So this
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server is the clean option for MCP hosts whose only injection point is the
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prompt menu, or that pull context through tools. See issue #70.
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## What it exposes
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- Prompt `ponytail`, returns the ruleset as a user message. Optional `mode`
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argument: `lite`, `full`, or `ultra`. Omit it to use the configured default.
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- Tool `ponytail_instructions`, same text, plus `structuredContent`
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(`{ mode, instructions }`), for hosts that pull context via tools or code
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execution. Read-only.
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Mode resolution reuses `hooks/ponytail-config.js`, so `PONYTAIL_DEFAULT_MODE`
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and `~/.config/ponytail/config.json` work the same as everywhere else.
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## Run it
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```bash
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cd ponytail-mcp
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npm install
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node index.js # speaks MCP over stdio
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```
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Point an MCP host at that command. Example client entry:
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```json
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{ "mcpServers": { "ponytail": { "command": "node", "args": ["ponytail-mcp/index.js"] } } }
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```
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## Test
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```bash
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npm test
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```
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Covers mode resolution and the instruction text. The MCP wiring in `index.js`
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is intentionally thin: it just maps the prompt and tool onto
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`buildInstructions`.
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