caveman
Terse caveman voice: answer first, fluff gone, every technical fact kept. Use for /caveman, "caveman mode", "talk like caveman", "be brief", "less tokens". Stays on until "stop caveman" or "normal mode".
Install
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Open your terminal
- Mac: Press โ Space, type "Terminal", press Enter
- Windows: Press Win R, type "cmd", press Enter
Paste the command above and press Enter
Use the Copy command button, then paste in your terminal (Mac: โV, Windows: Ctrl V).
Restart Claude Code
Close and reopen Claude Code, or start a new session, so it picks up the new skill.
Where it lives
Comments
"caveman is an agent skill that cuts about 65% of tokens by forcing short caveman style replies. Built for Claude Code sessions. 105,294 stars."
"4/ the all-time top 20 barely moved for a decade. today, above the linux kernel (242k stars): - superpowers at 273k (a claude code skills library) - ECC at..."
"@petergostev Reminds me of"
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