Alternatives to Ponytail

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Alternatives

Caveman: a separate skill that shrinks what the agent says, not what it builds. The READMEs suggest pairing them.
AGENTS.md: repo-level instructions that set conventions; Ponytail is a more aggressive behavioral layer.

Caveman

Caveman is a coding-agent skill and local proxy that shortens agent prose and compresses logs so you spend fewer tokens.

#Open Source

—DR: —AS: —

Executing Plans Skill

Skills

Superpowers' inline execution skill has the agent carry out a written plan itself, task by task with TDD and a ledger, then one fresh review of the branch.

#Claude Code

—DR: 80AS: 78