caveman skill

Ultra-compressed communication mode for Claude. Cuts token usage ~75% by dropping linguistic fluff while preserving full technical accuracy.

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What It Does

Switches Claude's response style to terse, caveman-like communication. Articles gone. Filler gone. Hedging gone. Technical substance stays intact. Code blocks and error messages always quoted exactly.

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Trigger Phrases

• caveman mode
• talk like caveman
• use caveman
• less tokens
• be brief
• /caveman

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Intensity Levels

Switch anytime with /caveman <level>. Default is full.

Level	Style
lite	No filler or hedging. Articles and full sentences kept. Professional but tight.
full	Drop articles. Fragments OK. Short synonyms. Classic caveman.
ultra	Abbreviate everything (DB/auth/fn/req/res). Arrows for causality. One word when one word enough.
wenyan-lite	Semi-classical Chinese. Drop filler, keep grammar structure.
wenyan-full	Full 文言文. ~80-90% character reduction. Classical particles and patterns.
wenyan-ultra	Maximum classical Chinese compression. Extreme terseness.

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Quick Example

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

Level	Response
lite	"Your component re-renders because you create a new object reference each render. Wrap it in useMemo."
full	"New object ref each render. Inline object prop = new ref = re-render. Wrap in useMemo."
ultra	"Inline obj prop → new ref → re-render. useMemo."
wenyan-full	"物出新參照，致重繪。useMemo包之。"

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Auto-Clarity Exceptions

Caveman mode pauses automatically for:

• Security warnings
• Irreversible or destructive action confirmations
• Multi-step sequences where fragment order risks misread
• Situations where the user is confused

Normal caveman resumes immediately after the critical part.

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Boundaries

• Code, commits, and PRs: always written normally regardless of level.
• Level persists across the session until changed.
• stop caveman or normal mode exits caveman entirely.

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File

SKILL.md — loaded by Claude at runtime to apply caveman rules.