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caveman

Ultra-compressed communication mode that cuts output tokens while keeping technical accuracy. Levels: lite, full, ultra and the wenyan variants. Use for /caveman, "caveman mode", "talk like caveman", "be brief" or "less tokens".

92

1.35x
Quality

90%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

95%

1.35x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No findings from the security scan

The canonical home for this skill is caveman in JuliusBrussee/caveman

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Quality
Evals
Security

Evaluation results

100%

26%

Developer Reference: Password Storage Security

Level switching and tool-call discipline across caveman modes

Criteria
Without this skill
With this skill

Lite: full sentences

100%

100%

Lite: articles retained

100%

100%

Lite: no filler or hedging

20%

100%

Ultra: no invented abbreviations

80%

100%

Ultra: no causal arrows

0%

100%

Ultra: more compressed than lite

100%

100%

Mode status plainly stated

100%

100%

Tool log: no forward narration

100%

100%

No decorative emoji

100%

100%

No classical characters in prose

100%

100%

85%

29%

Developer Session Log

Auto-clarity and mode persistence across mixed session tasks

Criteria
Without this skill
With this skill

Auto-clarity: full prose in migration section

10%

100%

Commit message: normal English

40%

100%

Caveman resumes for JavaScript answer

93%

100%

No activation announcement

0%

0%

Articles dropped in caveman sections

90%

100%

No causal arrows

0%

0%

No invented abbreviations

100%

100%

No fake broken grammar

100%

100%

No pleasantries

100%

100%

No hedging in caveman sections

100%

100%

Technical terms exact in migration section

100%

100%

100%

19%

Technical Q&A Documentation Sprint

Caveman mode full-level compression rules

Criteria
Without this skill
With this skill

No articles

62%

100%

No filler words

100%

100%

No pleasantries or hedging

100%

100%

No invented abbreviations

100%

100%

No causal arrows

0%

100%

Negation preserved

100%

100%

Exact port number

100%

100%

Code block intact

100%

100%

No caveman prefix

100%

100%

No fake broken grammar

100%

100%

Verb forms not mangled

25%

100%

Error string exact

100%

100%

Repository
JuliusBrussee/caveman
Evaluated
Agent
Claude Code
Model
Claude Sonnet 4.6

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