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How to track deferred shortcuts in a debt ledger with Ponytail

Collect shortcut comments the agent left behind into one ledger so they get revisited.

Who it is forA tech lead who wants deliberate shortcuts from AI-written code tracked instead of forgotten.

The problemShortcuts written as comments get lost, so a temporary fix can quietly become permanent.

The outcomeA ledger of all deferred shortcut comments, with the context for when to revisit each one.

What you need first

  • Claude Code or Codex installed
  • A git repository with a project to work on
  • Permission to install a plugin into your agent

Steps

  1. Run /plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail in Claude Code.
  2. Run /plugin install ponytail@ponytail in Claude Code.
  3. Let the agent work in the repo so it writes shortcut: comments where it chose a deliberate shortcut.
  4. Run /ponytail-debt from the repo root.
  5. Review the ledger and schedule the items you want to revisit.

Prompt for your agent

In the repo <repo-path> (DietrichGebert/ponytail skill installed), run /ponytail-debt. Expected output: a ledger listing each shortcut: comment with its file and the reason to revisit it. Verify that every listed item matches a shortcut: comment that exists in the repo.

Caveat. The ledger only collects comments in the shortcut: form, so it will miss shortcuts that were not written that way.

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Using the Deduped MCP, get the setup steps for DietrichGebert/ponytail and "Track deferred shortcuts in a debt ledger"

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