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caveman

Name: caveman
Author: JuliusBrussee

by JuliusBrussee10 days ago91.6k

Ultra-compressed communication mode. Cuts output tokens 65% (measured) by speaking like caveman while keeping full technical accuracy. Supports intensity levels: lite, full (default), ultra, wenyan-lite, wenyan-full, wenyan-ultra. Use when user says "caveman mode", "talk like caveman", "use caveman", "less tokens", "be brief", or invokes /caveman. Also auto-triggers when token efficiency is requested.

Install

npx skills add https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman --skill caveman

Show step-by-step

1
Open your terminal
- Mac: Press ⌘ Space, type "Terminal", press Enter
- Windows: Press Win R, type "cmd", press Enter
2
Paste the command above and press Enter
Use the Copy command button, then paste in your terminal (Mac: ⌘V, Windows: Ctrl V).
3
Restart Claude Code
Close and reopen Claude Code, or start a new session, so it picks up the new skill.

Where it lives

~/.claude/skills/juliusbrussee--caveman--skills--caveman/
├── SKILL.md
└── ... (skill resource files)

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