Caveman Claude Skill — Development skill for Claude Code

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 `. 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 leve