@noice-tech/pi-lazy-ladder

Solve coding tasks with the least code and complexity needed.

The seven-step ladder

Lazy Ladder asks Pi to understand the affected code and then stop at the first sufficient solution:

1. Skip work that does not need to exist (YAGNI).
2. Reuse what the codebase already provides.
3. Prefer the standard library.
4. Prefer native platform features.
5. Reuse installed dependencies.
6. Use one line when one line is enough.
7. Otherwise, write the minimum custom code that works.

It favors root-cause fixes, small diffs, and lightweight checks without removing required validation, security, accessibility, data-loss protection, or hardware calibration.

Opt-in by design

Lazy Ladder is a prompt-only package. It registers Markdown prompt templates, not an extension, and uses no lifecycle hooks, persistent state, status UI, or system-prompt injection. Each command affects only the request that invokes it; prompts that do not invoke Lazy Ladder are unaffected.

Choose an intensity

• Full applies every rung and stops at the simplest solution that meets the actual need.
• Ultra first challenges whether the work is needed and prefers deletion before addition.

Review or audit

Reviews and audits are tasks, not separate commands:

/lazyladder Review the current changes for over-engineering. Report only; do not edit.
/lazyladder-ultra Audit the whole repository. Report only and rank the biggest deletions first.

Install

pi install -l npm:@noice-tech/pi-lazy-ladder

Commands

Lazy Ladder and Ponytail

Lazy Ladder is inspired by the official Ponytail extension, but takes a more manual and opinionated approach: invoke it only for tasks where you want its minimal-solution ladder. Ponytail's persistent mode is useful when its behavior should apply throughout a session. These are different workflow tradeoffs; neither approach is universally superior.

Lazy Ladder is neither the official Ponytail plugin nor affiliated with its maintainers. Its prompt design references Ponytail source commit 2ed6c52c9d7e5e56942508591085fd45dea277d3.