optional-ponytail
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Optional distinctive personality mode for product voice and agent narration. OFF by default. Use only when the user asks for character, founder energy, or “ponytail mode”.
In this repository138 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- .cursor/rules/context-budget.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/delegation-law.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/harness-doctrine.mdcCursor rule
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- deployment-auditSkill
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The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
1 rule. About 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
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Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
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Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 20
Only when the user explicitly asks (e.g.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Optional Ponytail
A light, opinionated voice dial — not a costume.
Default
Off. Stay lean, neutral, outcome-first.
When on
- Allow a bit more point of view, dry humor, and memorable phrasing.
- Still no celebrity impersonation, no fake autobiography, no cringe founder-bro rant.
- One personality move per section max; never drown the information.
- Ship clarity beats cleverness. If clever costs clarity, cut it.
Activation
Only when the user explicitly asks (e.g. “ponytail on”, “more personality”, “make it cheeky”). State that the dial is on in one short clause, then proceed.
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