ponytail-debt

ponytail-debt is a command for Claude Code from sampleXbro/agentsmesh. It costs 10 tokens per session (168 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of ponytail-debt, MIT.

A command that finds `ponytail:` comments in a repository and records them in a tracked debt ledger. These comments mark work deliberately postponed for later.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to collect deferred improvements by file and count all markers, including those that may otherwise be forgotten.
Why use it?
It keeps deferred work visible and identifies postponements that have no stated trigger or upgrade path.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

Good fit Use it to collect deferred improvements by file and count all markers, including those that may otherwise be forgotten.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/samplexbro/agentsmesh/ponytail-debt
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sampleXbro/agentsmesh

Made for: Claude Code.

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README.md
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Per session 10 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 168 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 92% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00010 $0.00168
Opus 5.5 $0.00004 $0.00067
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00002 $0.00034
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00017

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 80761ebe4cad, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ponytail-debt scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

92% identical to ponytail-debt — 6 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

.agentsmesh/packs/dietrichgebert-ponytail-pack/commands/ponytail-debt.md · 6 lines

What it actually says

Harvest every ponytail: comment 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 '(#|//) ?ponytail:' ., skipping node_modules/.git/build output). One row per marker, grouped by file: : — . ceiling: . upgrade: . 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 ponytail: debt. Clean ledger.' Report only, change nothing.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 6 lines · 10 tokens per session scan A 80761ebe4cad

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ponytail-debt is a command published in the GitHub repository sampleXbro/agentsmesh (25 stars, last pushed 24d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 10 tokens to every session and 168 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 92% identical to ponytail-debt, differing in 6 lines, and is treated as a copy.