Comparison
Research First Builder vs Ponytail
Ponytail has more GitHub stars (164,743 vs 15). Ponytail was updated more recently (last commit 6h ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Research First Builder
Make your coding agent justify architecture with real sources before it builds.
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npx skills@1.7.0 add IT-Shelter-Labs/research-first-builder --skill research-first-build --agent codex --copy
Ponytail
Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.
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/plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail| Metric | Research First Builder | Ponytail |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Agent skill | Agent skill |
| GitHub stars | 15 | 164,743 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | +461 |
| Forks | 0 | 8,888 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 1 |
| Language | Python | JavaScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 2w ago | 6h ago |
| Created | Sep 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| Categories | AI & LLM tooling | AI & LLM tooling |