feat: add ponytail-github-issues skill - #684
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Adds a skill for finding and fixing open-source GitHub issues the lazy way: smallest diff, root cause fix, one issue per PR, no drive-by refactors. Includes: - skills/ponytail-github-issues/SKILL.md (full skill) - .kiro/steering/ponytail-github-issues.md (Kiro steering format) Covers: issue discovery signals, CLA requirements table, workflow (CONTRIBUTING → discover → read → root cause → ladder → check → comment → PR), and the issue-fixing ladder.
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What
Adds
ponytail-github-issues— a skill for finding and fixing open-source GitHub issues the ponytail way: smallest diff, root cause, one PR, ship.Files
skills/ponytail-github-issues/SKILL.md— full skill (Kiro / OpenClaw format).kiro/steering/ponytail-github-issues.md— Kiro steering formatWhat it covers
Why
The ponytail philosophy maps perfectly to open-source contributions: the laziest correct fix is a one-line guard in the shared path, not fifty lines across every caller. This skill channels that into a repeatable workflow for finding actionable issues, shipping minimal PRs, and not wasting maintainer review time on over-engineered fixes.
Tested against expo/expo, facebook/react, and facebook/react-native — 10 PRs submitted using this workflow, all focused single-file or two-file fixes.