paleo

Why paleo?

• Tokens cost money and latency. Every trimmed token means faster, cheaper inference.
• One-size-fits-all prompting fails. Sometimes you want terse output, sometimes a hard budget, sometimes just no fluff. paleo gives each as a separate, well-scoped skill.
• Skills stay minimal. Every SKILL.md is written terse on purpose — loading one costs less context than a long prompt.

See it (Before / After)

paleo compresses delivery, not meaning. Code, commands, and technical terms stay byte-exact.

Normal agent	🦴 paleo
"The re-render happens because you create a new object literal on every render. That inline object is a fresh reference each time, so React sees a changed prop and re-renders. Wrap it in useMemo to keep a stable reference."	"New object each render → new ref → re-render. Wrap in useMemo. Stable ref = no re-render."
"To authenticate requests, add middleware that checks the token on each request and returns 401 if it is missing or expired."	"Add auth middleware. Check token per request. 401 if missing/expired."

[!NOTE] paleo keeps technical accuracy at 100% — it drops filler, not facts.

Features

• Modular & composable — load one skill or all seven, mix per task.
• Output + context savings — ~50–70% fewer output tokens (median ~54% on a 6-task sample — see BENCHMARK.md), plus proactive context trimming.
• Auto-detect — paleo-auto watches session state and enables the right skills automatically. No thinking required.
• Production-safe — compresses output and context only; never rewrites your code.
• Hard token budget — paleo-budget caps spend and summarizes the tail.
• Cross-agent — open Agent Skills standard: Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Qwen Code, OpenCode, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Cline, Windsurf + 40+ agents via npx skills add.
• Zero-setup triggers — plain English phrases, no slash commands to register.
• Low overhead — each SKILL.md is intentionally terse, so loading stays cheap.
• Open & extensible — drop in your own token-saving skills.

Skills

Skill	What it does	Trigger example
paleo	Terse output mode — cut output tokens ~50–70%, keep code/terms exact.	paleo mode · be brief · save tokens
paleo-auto	🆕 Zero-touch auto-detection — watches session & enables the right skills automatically.	paleo-auto · auto paleo · enable auto-save
paleo-budget	Hard token budget per task — cap spend, summarize if exceeded.	budget 2000 · stay under 2000 tokens
paleo-trim-context	Proactively trim/summarize context to save tokens without losing task state.	trim context (auto on long sessions)
paleo-converse	Condense old chat turns + merge duplicate messages; keep last N verbatim.	condense chat · compress conversation · paleo-converse N=8
paleo-summary	Tight intisari of bulky tool output / logs / diffs / dumps.	tldr · condense this · summarize output
paleo-json	Minify & compact structured/JSON output, stay parseable.	compact json · minify

Recommended combos

paleo is the base — keep it on. Layer the rest by what you're doing: