From caveman
Displays quick-reference card for caveman modes, skills, and commands. One-shot display triggered by /caveman-help or 'caveman help'. No mode changes or persistence.
npx claudepluginhub juliusbrussee/caveman --plugin cavemanThis skill uses the workspace's default tool permissions.
Display this reference card when invoked. One-shot — do NOT change mode, write flag files, or persist anything. Output in caveman style.
Delivers caveman-style terse responses to cut token usage ~75% while preserving full technical accuracy. Supports lite/full/ultra/wenyan levels for brevity.
Compresses Claude Code AI responses into caveman-speak, reducing output tokens by 65-75% while preserving code blocks and technical accuracy. Trigger via /caveman lite/full/ultra or phrases like 'caveman mode'.
Displays one-time quick reference card for genshijin response modes (polite, normal, extreme), subskills (commit, review, help), deactivation methods, and default configuration via env vars or JSON file.
Share bugs, ideas, or general feedback.
Display this reference card when invoked. One-shot — do NOT change mode, write flag files, or persist anything. Output in caveman style.
| Mode | Trigger | What change |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | /caveman lite | Drop filler. Keep sentence structure. |
| Full | /caveman | Drop articles, filler, pleasantries, hedging. Fragments OK. Default. |
| Ultra | /caveman ultra | Extreme compression. Bare fragments. Tables over prose. |
| Wenyan-Lite | /caveman wenyan-lite | Classical Chinese style, light compression. |
| Wenyan-Full | /caveman wenyan | Full 文言文. Maximum classical terseness. |
| Wenyan-Ultra | /caveman wenyan-ultra | Extreme. Ancient scholar on a budget. |
Mode stick until changed or session end.
| Skill | Trigger | What it do |
|---|---|---|
| caveman-commit | /caveman-commit | Terse commit messages. Conventional Commits. ≤50 char subject. |
| caveman-review | /caveman-review | One-line PR comments: L42: bug: user null. Add guard. |
| caveman-compress | /caveman:compress <file> | Compress .md files to caveman prose. Saves ~46% input tokens. |
| caveman-help | /caveman-help | This card. |
Say "stop caveman" or "normal mode". Resume anytime with /caveman.
Default mode = full. Change it:
Environment variable (highest priority):
export CAVEMAN_DEFAULT_MODE=ultra
Config file (~/.config/caveman/config.json):
{ "defaultMode": "lite" }
Set "off" to disable auto-activation on session start. User can still activate manually with /caveman.
Resolution: env var > config file > full.
Full docs: https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman