# caveman Talk like smart caveman. Same brain, fewer tokens. ## What it does Compress every model response to caveman-style prose. Drops articles, filler, pleasantries, and hedging. Keeps every technical detail, code block, error string, and symbol exact. Cuts 65% of output tokens (measured) with full accuracy preserved. Mode persists for the whole session until changed or stopped. Six intensity levels: | Level | What change | |-------|-------------| | `lite` | Drop filler/hedging. Sentences stay full. Professional but tight. | | `full` | Default. Drop articles, fragments OK, short synonyms. | | `ultra` | Bare fragments. Abbreviations (DB, auth, fn). Arrows for causality. | | `wenyan-lite` | Classical Chinese register, light compression. | | `wenyan-full` | Maximum 文言文. 80-90% character reduction. | | `wenyan-ultra` | Extreme classical compression. | Auto-clarity rule: caveman drops to normal prose for security warnings, irreversible-action confirmations, multi-step sequences where fragment ambiguity risks misread, and when user repeats a question. Resumes after the clear part. ## How to invoke ``` /caveman # full mode (default) /caveman lite # lighter compression /caveman ultra # extreme compression /caveman wenyan # classical Chinese stop caveman # back to normal prose ``` ## Example output Question: "Why does my React component re-render?" Normal prose: > Your component re-renders because you create a new object reference each render. Wrapping it in `useMemo` will fix the issue. Caveman (full): > New object ref each render. Inline object prop = new ref = re-render. Wrap in `useMemo`. Caveman (ultra): > Inline obj prop → new ref → re-render. `useMemo`. ## See also - [`SKILL.md`](./SKILL.md) — full LLM-facing instructions - [Caveman README](../../README.md) — repo overview, install, benchmarks

caveman

Talk like smart caveman. Same brain, fewer tokens.

What it does

Compress every model response to caveman-style prose. Drops articles, filler, pleasantries, and hedging. Keeps every technical detail, code block, error string, and symbol exact. Cuts 65% of output tokens (measured) with full accuracy preserved. Mode persists for the whole session until changed or stopped.

Six intensity levels:

Level	What change
`lite`	Drop filler/hedging. Sentences stay full. Professional but tight.
`full`	Default. Drop articles, fragments OK, short synonyms.
`ultra`	Bare fragments. Abbreviations (DB, auth, fn). Arrows for causality.
`wenyan-lite`	Classical Chinese register, light compression.
`wenyan-full`	Maximum 文言文. 80-90% character reduction.
`wenyan-ultra`	Extreme classical compression.

Auto-clarity rule: caveman drops to normal prose for security warnings, irreversible-action confirmations, multi-step sequences where fragment ambiguity risks misread, and when user repeats a question. Resumes after the clear part.

How to invoke

/caveman              # full mode (default)
/caveman lite         # lighter compression
/caveman ultra        # extreme compression
/caveman wenyan       # classical Chinese
stop caveman          # back to normal prose

Example output

Question: "Why does my React component re-render?"

Normal prose:

Your component re-renders because you create a new object reference each render. Wrapping it in useMemo will fix the issue.

Caveman (full):

New object ref each render. Inline object prop = new ref = re-render. Wrap in useMemo.

Caveman (ultra):

Inline obj prop → new ref → re-render. useMemo.