dsh-ponytail

dsh-ponytail

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The best code is the code you never wrote.

A DeepSeek Harness (DSH) port of DietrichGebert/ponytail, maintained independently (ADR-0010). Injects the 7-rung ladder directly into system prompts, provides 6 specialized skills, and registers zero tools. What it is

A counter-weight to LLM boilerplate and over-engineering: deletion over addition, boring over clever, and fewest files possible. Challenge requirements before writing code (YAGNI), prioritize existing functions and standard libraries, and solve in one line when possible.

Features a Zero Cache Miss Architecture (ADR-0012): session baseline is locked permanently, and dynamic intensity switches take effect via turn-end reminders, leaving historical prompt / KV cache 100% untouched across long conversations. Ships as a pure dsh.bundle, writes zero garbage to your home root, uninstalls cleanly, and rebuilds itself through HMR. Install

Needs the DSH runtime (npm i -g @deepseek-ai/dsh). Node and pnpm floors are in the badges above. Examples use the web profile; substitute your own profile name.

Usage

Intensity levels reset on each new session according to env > Profile patch > fallback full. Therefore, /ponytail is session-scoped. To persist across restarts and new sessions, use /ponytail default . Zero Cache Miss Architecture

When switching intensity levels within an ongoing session or updating global default configurations, the top-level SystemPrompt baseline remains strictly byte-identical and static.

Mode transitions take effect dynamically by appending an incremental system notification ( ) at the end of the current turn's user message (aligned with the official dsh-tool-skill catalog update pattern, ADR-0012). This 100% protects historical KV Cache / Prompt Cache across all multi-turn conversation history, eliminating costly prefill recalculations and latency spikes. Skills Skill Bodies and Description Languages

Skill bodies are retrieved directly from upstream DietrichGebert/ponytail v4.10.3 in verbatim English. Two host-incompatible details are tailored for DSH: ponytail-gain data sources point to assets/*.svg (as upstream benchmarks/ is excluded), and ponytail-help configuration and update sections reference profile patches and dsh plugin.