@hcu-lab.me/mcp-device 1.0.10 → 1.0.12

package/control-plane/scripts/skills/mcp-builder/scripts/connections.py

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+"""Lightweight connection handling for MCP servers."""
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from contextlib import AsyncExitStack
+from typing import Any
+
+from mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters
+from mcp.client.sse import sse_client
+from mcp.client.stdio import stdio_client
+from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamablehttp_client
+
+
+class MCPConnection(ABC):
+    """Base class for MCP server connections."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.session = None
+        self._stack = None
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _create_context(self):
+        """Create the connection context based on connection type."""
+
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        """Initialize MCP server connection."""
+        self._stack = AsyncExitStack()
+        await self._stack.__aenter__()
+
+        try:
+            ctx = self._create_context()
+            result = await self._stack.enter_async_context(ctx)
+
+            if len(result) == 2:
+                read, write = result
+            elif len(result) == 3:
+                read, write, _ = result
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(f"Unexpected context result: {result}")
+
+            session_ctx = ClientSession(read, write)
+            self.session = await self._stack.enter_async_context(session_ctx)
+            await self.session.initialize()
+            return self
+        except BaseException:
+            await self._stack.__aexit__(None, None, None)
+            raise
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        """Clean up MCP server connection resources."""
+        if self._stack:
+            await self._stack.__aexit__(exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb)
+        self.session = None
+        self._stack = None
+
+    async def list_tools(self) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Retrieve available tools from the MCP server."""
+        response = await self.session.list_tools()
+        return [
+            {
+                "name": tool.name,
+                "description": tool.description,
+                "input_schema": tool.inputSchema,
+            }
+            for tool in response.tools
+        ]
+
+    async def call_tool(self, tool_name: str, arguments: dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
+        """Call a tool on the MCP server with provided arguments."""
+        result = await self.session.call_tool(tool_name, arguments=arguments)
+        return result.content
+
+
+class MCPConnectionStdio(MCPConnection):
+    """MCP connection using standard input/output."""
+
+    def __init__(self, command: str, args: list[str] = None, env: dict[str, str] = None):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.command = command
+        self.args = args or []
+        self.env = env
+
+    def _create_context(self):
+        return stdio_client(
+            StdioServerParameters(command=self.command, args=self.args, env=self.env)
+        )
+
+
+class MCPConnectionSSE(MCPConnection):
+    """MCP connection using Server-Sent Events."""
+
+    def __init__(self, url: str, headers: dict[str, str] = None):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.url = url
+        self.headers = headers or {}
+
+    def _create_context(self):
+        return sse_client(url=self.url, headers=self.headers)
+
+
+class MCPConnectionHTTP(MCPConnection):
+    """MCP connection using Streamable HTTP."""
+
+    def __init__(self, url: str, headers: dict[str, str] = None):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.url = url
+        self.headers = headers or {}
+
+    def _create_context(self):
+        return streamablehttp_client(url=self.url, headers=self.headers)
+
+
+def create_connection(
+    transport: str,
+    command: str = None,
+    args: list[str] = None,
+    env: dict[str, str] = None,
+    url: str = None,
+    headers: dict[str, str] = None,
+) -> MCPConnection:
+    """Factory function to create the appropriate MCP connection.
+
+    Args:
+        transport: Connection type ("stdio", "sse", or "http")
+        command: Command to run (stdio only)
+        args: Command arguments (stdio only)
+        env: Environment variables (stdio only)
+        url: Server URL (sse and http only)
+        headers: HTTP headers (sse and http only)
+
+    Returns:
+        MCPConnection instance
+    """
+    transport = transport.lower()
+
+    if transport == "stdio":
+        if not command:
+            raise ValueError("Command is required for stdio transport")
+        return MCPConnectionStdio(command=command, args=args, env=env)
+
+    elif transport == "sse":
+        if not url:
+            raise ValueError("URL is required for sse transport")
+        return MCPConnectionSSE(url=url, headers=headers)
+
+    elif transport in ["http", "streamable_http", "streamable-http"]:
+        if not url:
+            raise ValueError("URL is required for http transport")
+        return MCPConnectionHTTP(url=url, headers=headers)
+
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"Unsupported transport type: {transport}. Use 'stdio', 'sse', or 'http'")

package/control-plane/scripts/skills/mcp-builder/scripts/evaluation.py

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+"""MCP Server Evaluation Harness
+
+This script evaluates MCP servers by running test questions against them using Claude.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import asyncio
+import json
+import re
+import sys
+import time
+import traceback
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+from anthropic import Anthropic
+
+from connections import create_connection
+
+EVALUATION_PROMPT = """You are an AI assistant with access to tools.
+
+When given a task, you MUST:
+1. Use the available tools to complete the task
+2. Provide summary of each step in your approach, wrapped in <summary> tags
+3. Provide feedback on the tools provided, wrapped in <feedback> tags
+4. Provide your final response, wrapped in <response> tags
+
+Summary Requirements:
+- In your <summary> tags, you must explain:
+  - The steps you took to complete the task
+  - Which tools you used, in what order, and why
+  - The inputs you provided to each tool
+  - The outputs you received from each tool
+  - A summary for how you arrived at the response
+
+Feedback Requirements:
+- In your <feedback> tags, provide constructive feedback on the tools:
+  - Comment on tool names: Are they clear and descriptive?
+  - Comment on input parameters: Are they well-documented? Are required vs optional parameters clear?
+  - Comment on descriptions: Do they accurately describe what the tool does?
+  - Comment on any errors encountered during tool usage: Did the tool fail to execute? Did the tool return too many tokens?
+  - Identify specific areas for improvement and explain WHY they would help
+  - Be specific and actionable in your suggestions
+
+Response Requirements:
+- Your response should be concise and directly address what was asked
+- Always wrap your final response in <response> tags
+- If you cannot solve the task return <response>NOT_FOUND</response>
+- For numeric responses, provide just the number
+- For IDs, provide just the ID
+- For names or text, provide the exact text requested
+- Your response should go last"""
+
+
+def parse_evaluation_file(file_path: Path) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Parse XML evaluation file with qa_pair elements."""
+    try:
+        tree = ET.parse(file_path)
+        root = tree.getroot()
+        evaluations = []
+
+        for qa_pair in root.findall(".//qa_pair"):
+            question_elem = qa_pair.find("question")
+            answer_elem = qa_pair.find("answer")
+
+            if question_elem is not None and answer_elem is not None:
+                evaluations.append({
+                    "question": (question_elem.text or "").strip(),
+                    "answer": (answer_elem.text or "").strip(),
+                })
+
+        return evaluations
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error parsing evaluation file {file_path}: {e}")
+        return []
+
+
+def extract_xml_content(text: str, tag: str) -> str | None:
+    """Extract content from XML tags."""
+    pattern = rf"<{tag}>(.*?)</{tag}>"
+    matches = re.findall(pattern, text, re.DOTALL)
+    return matches[-1].strip() if matches else None
+
+
+async def agent_loop(
+    client: Anthropic,
+    model: str,
+    question: str,
+    tools: list[dict[str, Any]],
+    connection: Any,
+) -> tuple[str, dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Run the agent loop with MCP tools."""
+    messages = [{"role": "user", "content": question}]
+
+    response = await asyncio.to_thread(
+        client.messages.create,
+        model=model,
+        max_tokens=4096,
+        system=EVALUATION_PROMPT,
+        messages=messages,
+        tools=tools,
+    )
+
+    messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": response.content})
+
+    tool_metrics = {}
+
+    while response.stop_reason == "tool_use":
+        tool_use = next(block for block in response.content if block.type == "tool_use")
+        tool_name = tool_use.name
+        tool_input = tool_use.input
+
+        tool_start_ts = time.time()
+        try:
+            tool_result = await connection.call_tool(tool_name, tool_input)
+            tool_response = json.dumps(tool_result) if isinstance(tool_result, (dict, list)) else str(tool_result)
+        except Exception as e:
+            tool_response = f"Error executing tool {tool_name}: {str(e)}\n"
+            tool_response += traceback.format_exc()
+        tool_duration = time.time() - tool_start_ts
+
+        if tool_name not in tool_metrics:
+            tool_metrics[tool_name] = {"count": 0, "durations": []}
+        tool_metrics[tool_name]["count"] += 1
+        tool_metrics[tool_name]["durations"].append(tool_duration)
+
+        messages.append({
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": [{
+                "type": "tool_result",
+                "tool_use_id": tool_use.id,
+                "content": tool_response,
+            }]
+        })
+
+        response = await asyncio.to_thread(
+            client.messages.create,
+            model=model,
+            max_tokens=4096,
+            system=EVALUATION_PROMPT,
+            messages=messages,
+            tools=tools,
+        )
+        messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": response.content})
+
+    response_text = next(
+        (block.text for block in response.content if hasattr(block, "text")),
+        None,
+    )
+    return response_text, tool_metrics
+
+
+async def evaluate_single_task(
+    client: Anthropic,
+    model: str,
+    qa_pair: dict[str, Any],
+    tools: list[dict[str, Any]],
+    connection: Any,
+    task_index: int,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Evaluate a single QA pair with the given tools."""
+    start_time = time.time()
+
+    print(f"Task {task_index + 1}: Running task with question: {qa_pair['question']}")
+    response, tool_metrics = await agent_loop(client, model, qa_pair["question"], tools, connection)
+
+    response_value = extract_xml_content(response, "response")
+    summary = extract_xml_content(response, "summary")
+    feedback = extract_xml_content(response, "feedback")
+
+    duration_seconds = time.time() - start_time
+
+    return {
+        "question": qa_pair["question"],
+        "expected": qa_pair["answer"],
+        "actual": response_value,
+        "score": int(response_value == qa_pair["answer"]) if response_value else 0,
+        "total_duration": duration_seconds,
+        "tool_calls": tool_metrics,
+        "num_tool_calls": sum(len(metrics["durations"]) for metrics in tool_metrics.values()),
+        "summary": summary,
+        "feedback": feedback,
+    }
+
+
+REPORT_HEADER = """
+# Evaluation Report
+
+## Summary
+
+- **Accuracy**: {correct}/{total} ({accuracy:.1f}%)
+- **Average Task Duration**: {average_duration_s:.2f}s
+- **Average Tool Calls per Task**: {average_tool_calls:.2f}
+- **Total Tool Calls**: {total_tool_calls}
+
+---
+"""
+
+TASK_TEMPLATE = """
+### Task {task_num}
+
+**Question**: {question}
+**Ground Truth Answer**: `{expected_answer}`
+**Actual Answer**: `{actual_answer}`
+**Correct**: {correct_indicator}
+**Duration**: {total_duration:.2f}s
+**Tool Calls**: {tool_calls}
+
+**Summary**
+{summary}
+
+**Feedback**
+{feedback}
+
+---
+"""
+
+
+async def run_evaluation(
+    eval_path: Path,
+    connection: Any,
+    model: str = "claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219",
+) -> str:
+    """Run evaluation with MCP server tools."""
+    print("🚀 Starting Evaluation")
+
+    client = Anthropic()
+
+    tools = await connection.list_tools()
+    print(f"📋 Loaded {len(tools)} tools from MCP server")
+
+    qa_pairs = parse_evaluation_file(eval_path)
+    print(f"📋 Loaded {len(qa_pairs)} evaluation tasks")
+
+    results = []
+    for i, qa_pair in enumerate(qa_pairs):
+        print(f"Processing task {i + 1}/{len(qa_pairs)}")
+        result = await evaluate_single_task(client, model, qa_pair, tools, connection, i)
+        results.append(result)
+
+    correct = sum(r["score"] for r in results)
+    accuracy = (correct / len(results)) * 100 if results else 0
+    average_duration_s = sum(r["total_duration"] for r in results) / len(results) if results else 0
+    average_tool_calls = sum(r["num_tool_calls"] for r in results) / len(results) if results else 0
+    total_tool_calls = sum(r["num_tool_calls"] for r in results)
+
+    report = REPORT_HEADER.format(
+        correct=correct,
+        total=len(results),
+        accuracy=accuracy,
+        average_duration_s=average_duration_s,
+        average_tool_calls=average_tool_calls,
+        total_tool_calls=total_tool_calls,
+    )
+
+    report += "".join([
+        TASK_TEMPLATE.format(
+            task_num=i + 1,
+            question=qa_pair["question"],
+            expected_answer=qa_pair["answer"],
+            actual_answer=result["actual"] or "N/A",
+            correct_indicator="✅" if result["score"] else "❌",
+            total_duration=result["total_duration"],
+            tool_calls=json.dumps(result["tool_calls"], indent=2),
+            summary=result["summary"] or "N/A",
+            feedback=result["feedback"] or "N/A",
+        )
+        for i, (qa_pair, result) in enumerate(zip(qa_pairs, results))
+    ])
+
+    return report
+
+
+def parse_headers(header_list: list[str]) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Parse header strings in format 'Key: Value' into a dictionary."""
+    headers = {}
+    if not header_list:
+        return headers
+
+    for header in header_list:
+        if ":" in header:
+            key, value = header.split(":", 1)
+            headers[key.strip()] = value.strip()
+        else:
+            print(f"Warning: Ignoring malformed header: {header}")
+    return headers
+
+
+def parse_env_vars(env_list: list[str]) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Parse environment variable strings in format 'KEY=VALUE' into a dictionary."""
+    env = {}
+    if not env_list:
+        return env
+
+    for env_var in env_list:
+        if "=" in env_var:
+            key, value = env_var.split("=", 1)
+            env[key.strip()] = value.strip()
+        else:
+            print(f"Warning: Ignoring malformed environment variable: {env_var}")
+    return env
+
+
+async def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Evaluate MCP servers using test questions",
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
+        epilog="""
+Examples:
+  # Evaluate a local stdio MCP server
+  python evaluation.py -t stdio -c python -a my_server.py eval.xml
+
+  # Evaluate an SSE MCP server
+  python evaluation.py -t sse -u https://example.com/mcp -H "Authorization: Bearer token" eval.xml
+
+  # Evaluate an HTTP MCP server with custom model
+  python evaluation.py -t http -u https://example.com/mcp -m claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022 eval.xml
+        """,
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument("eval_file", type=Path, help="Path to evaluation XML file")
+    parser.add_argument("-t", "--transport", choices=["stdio", "sse", "http"], default="stdio", help="Transport type (default: stdio)")
+    parser.add_argument("-m", "--model", default="claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219", help="Claude model to use (default: claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219)")
+
+    stdio_group = parser.add_argument_group("stdio options")
+    stdio_group.add_argument("-c", "--command", help="Command to run MCP server (stdio only)")
+    stdio_group.add_argument("-a", "--args", nargs="+", help="Arguments for the command (stdio only)")
+    stdio_group.add_argument("-e", "--env", nargs="+", help="Environment variables in KEY=VALUE format (stdio only)")
+
+    remote_group = parser.add_argument_group("sse/http options")
+    remote_group.add_argument("-u", "--url", help="MCP server URL (sse/http only)")
+    remote_group.add_argument("-H", "--header", nargs="+", dest="headers", help="HTTP headers in 'Key: Value' format (sse/http only)")
+
+    parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", type=Path, help="Output file for evaluation report (default: stdout)")
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if not args.eval_file.exists():
+        print(f"Error: Evaluation file not found: {args.eval_file}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    headers = parse_headers(args.headers) if args.headers else None
+    env_vars = parse_env_vars(args.env) if args.env else None
+
+    try:
+        connection = create_connection(
+            transport=args.transport,
+            command=args.command,
+            args=args.args,
+            env=env_vars,
+            url=args.url,
+            headers=headers,
+        )
+    except ValueError as e:
+        print(f"Error: {e}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print(f"🔗 Connecting to MCP server via {args.transport}...")
+
+    async with connection:
+        print("✅ Connected successfully")
+        report = await run_evaluation(args.eval_file, connection, args.model)
+
+        if args.output:
+            args.output.write_text(report)
+            print(f"\n✅ Report saved to {args.output}")
+        else:
+            print("\n" + report)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

package/control-plane/scripts/skills/mcp-builder/scripts/example_evaluation.xml

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+<evaluation>
+   <qa_pair>
+      <question>Calculate the compound interest on $10,000 invested at 5% annual interest rate, compounded monthly for 3 years. What is the final amount in dollars (rounded to 2 decimal places)?</question>
+      <answer>11614.72</answer>
+   </qa_pair>
+   <qa_pair>
+      <question>A projectile is launched at a 45-degree angle with an initial velocity of 50 m/s. Calculate the total distance (in meters) it has traveled from the launch point after 2 seconds, assuming g=9.8 m/s². Round to 2 decimal places.</question>
+      <answer>87.25</answer>
+   </qa_pair>
+   <qa_pair>
+      <question>A sphere has a volume of 500 cubic meters. Calculate its surface area in square meters. Round to 2 decimal places.</question>
+      <answer>304.65</answer>
+   </qa_pair>
+   <qa_pair>
+      <question>Calculate the population standard deviation of this dataset: [12, 15, 18, 22, 25, 30, 35]. Round to 2 decimal places.</question>
+      <answer>7.61</answer>
+   </qa_pair>
+   <qa_pair>
+      <question>Calculate the pH of a solution with a hydrogen ion concentration of 3.5 × 10^-5 M. Round to 2 decimal places.</question>
+      <answer>4.46</answer>
+   </qa_pair>
+</evaluation>

package/control-plane/scripts/skills/mcp-builder/scripts/requirements.txt

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+anthropic>=0.39.0
+mcp>=1.1.0

package/control-plane/scripts/skills/ponytail/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: ponytail
+description: >
+  Forces the laziest solution that actually works, simplest, shortest, most
+  minimal. Channels a senior dev who has seen everything: question whether the
+  task needs to exist at all (YAGNI), reach for the standard library before
+  custom code, native platform features before dependencies, one line before
+  fifty. Supports intensity levels: lite, full (default), ultra. Use on ANY
+  coding task: writing, adding, refactoring, fixing, reviewing, or designing
+  code, and choosing libraries or dependencies. Also use whenever the user
+  says "ponytail", "be lazy", "lazy mode", "simplest solution", "minimal
+  solution", "yagni", "do less", or "shortest path", or complains about
+  over-engineering, bloat, boilerplate, or unnecessary dependencies. Do NOT
+  use for non-coding requests (general knowledge, prose, translation,
+  summaries, recipes).
+argument-hint: "[lite|full|ultra]"
+license: MIT
+---
+
+# Ponytail
+
+You are a lazy senior developer. Lazy means efficient, not careless. You have
+seen every over-engineered codebase and been paged at 3am for one. The best
+code is the code never written.
+
+## Persistence
+
+ACTIVE EVERY RESPONSE. No drift back to over-building. Still active if
+unsure. Off only: "stop ponytail" / "normal mode". Default: **full**.
+Switch: `/ponytail lite|full|ultra`.
+
+## The ladder
+
+Stop at the first rung that holds:
+
+1. **Does this need to exist at all?** Speculative need = skip it, say so in one line. (YAGNI)
+2. **Already in this codebase?** A helper, util, type, or pattern that already lives here → reuse it. Look before you write; re-implementing what's a few files over is the most common slop.
+3. **Stdlib does it?** Use it.
+4. **Native platform feature covers it?** `<input type="date">` over a picker lib, CSS over JS, DB constraint over app code.
+5. **Already-installed dependency solves it?** Use it. Never add a new one for what a few lines can do.
+6. **Can it be one line?** One line.
+7. **Only then:** the minimum code that works.
+
+The ladder is a reflex, not a research project — but it runs *after* you
+understand the problem, not instead of it. Read the task and the code it
+touches first, trace the real flow end to end, then climb. Two rungs work →
+take the higher one and move on. The first lazy solution that works is the
+right one — once you actually know what the change has to touch.
+
+**Bug fix = root cause, not symptom.** A report names a symptom. Before you
+edit, grep every caller of the function you're about to touch. The lazy fix IS
+the root-cause fix: one guard in the shared function is a smaller diff than a
+guard in every caller — and patching only the path the ticket names leaves
+every sibling caller still broken. Fix it once, where all callers route through.
+
+## Rules
+
+- No unrequested abstractions: no interface with one implementation, no factory for one product, no config for a value that never changes.
+- No boilerplate, no scaffolding "for later", later can scaffold for itself.
+- Deletion over addition. Boring over clever, clever is what someone decodes at 3am.
+- Fewest files possible. Shortest working diff wins — but only once you understand the problem. The smallest change in the wrong place isn't lazy, it's a second bug.
+- Complex request? Ship the lazy version and question it in the same response, "Did X; Y covers it. Need full X? Say so." Never stall on an answer you can default.
+- Two stdlib options, same size? Take the one that's correct on edge cases. Lazy means writing less code, not picking the flimsier algorithm.
+- Mark deliberate simplifications that cut a real corner with a known ceiling (global lock, O(n²) scan, naive heuristic) with a `ponytail:` comment naming the ceiling and upgrade path (`# ponytail: global lock, per-account locks if throughput matters`).
+
+## Output
+
+Code first. Then at most three short lines: what was skipped, when to add it.
+No essays, no feature tours, no design notes. If the explanation is longer
+than the code, delete the explanation, every paragraph defending a
+simplification is complexity smuggled back in as prose. Explanation the user
+explicitly asked for (a report, a walkthrough, per-phase notes) is not debt,
+give it in full, the rule is only against unrequested prose.
+
+Pattern: `[code] → skipped: [X], add when [Y].`
+
+## Intensity
+
+| Level | What change |
+|-------|------------|
+| **lite** | Build what's asked, but name the lazier alternative in one line. User picks. |
+| **full** | The ladder enforced. Stdlib and native first. Shortest diff, shortest explanation. Default. |
+| **ultra** | YAGNI extremist. Deletion before addition. Ship the one-liner and challenge the rest of the requirement in the same breath. |
+
+Example: "Add a cache for these API responses."
+- lite: "Done, cache added. FYI: `functools.lru_cache` covers this in one line if you'd rather not own a cache class."
+- full: "`@lru_cache(maxsize=1000)` on the fetch function. Skipped custom cache class, add when lru_cache measurably falls short."
+- ultra: "No cache until a profiler says so. When it does: `@lru_cache`. A hand-rolled TTL cache class is a bug farm with a hit rate."
+
+## When NOT to be lazy
+
+Never simplify away: input validation at trust boundaries, error handling
+that prevents data loss, security measures, accessibility basics, anything
+explicitly requested. User insists on the full version → build it, no
+re-arguing.
+
+Never lazy about understanding the problem. The ladder shortens the
+solution, never the reading. Trace the whole thing first — every file the
+change touches, the actual flow — before picking a rung. Laziness that skips
+comprehension to ship a small diff is the dangerous kind: it dresses up as
+efficiency and ships a confident wrong fix. Read fully, then be lazy.
+
+Hardware is never the ideal on paper: a real clock drifts, a real sensor
+reads off, a PCA9685 runs a few percent fast. Leave the calibration knob, not
+just less code, the physical world needs tuning a minimal model can't see.
+
+Lazy code without its check is unfinished. Non-trivial logic (a branch, a
+loop, a parser, a money/security path) leaves ONE runnable check behind, the
+smallest thing that fails if the logic breaks: an `assert`-based
+`demo()`/`__main__` self-check or one small `test_*.py`. No frameworks, no
+fixtures, no per-function suites unless asked. Trivial one-liners need no
+test, YAGNI applies to tests too.
+
+## Boundaries
+
+Ponytail governs what you build, not how you talk (pair with Caveman for
+terse prose). "stop ponytail" / "normal mode": revert. Level persists until
+changed or session end.
+
+The shortest path to done is the right path.