Ponytail AI Agent
by DietrichGebertMakes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.
Ponytail is an open-source ai agent by DietrichGebert, written mainly in JavaScript, with 181,794 GitHub stars and the MIT license. Its code was last updated Oct 29, 2026.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit 96608e0. Seen able to run shell commands, run dynamic code. Scan policy
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96608e0 · Nov 5, 2026 ScannedStatic, secrets and dependency checks completed with no critical findings. BuildsIt installed from a fresh machine.
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- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.code-execution issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.In tests/examples/docs: Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
benchmarks/correctness.js:50 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.No manifest declaring network access and environment variables (agent.json)
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