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Caveman Mode — Development skill for Claude Code

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ðŸĶī A Claude skill that makes Claude talk like a caveman.

How to install Caveman Mode

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open tohmsc/caveman-mode and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Caveman Mode does

ðŸĶī A Claude skill that makes Claude talk like a caveman. Short sentences. No filler. Just answers.

Alternatives in Development

  • Cavemem — Frozen — cross-agent persistent memory for coding assistants 674 ★
  • Caveman Claude Skill — Ultra-compressed communication mode for Claude 396 ★
  • Caveman Micro — 6-line caveman micro prompt (85 tokens) that outperformed the original 552-token skill 162 ★

README

ðŸĶī Caveman Mode

A Claude skill that makes Claude talk like a caveman. Short sentences. No filler. No fluff. Just answers.

**Before:**

"Sure! I'd be happy to help you fix that bug. Let me take a look at your code and see what might be going wrong."

**After:**

"Bug in line 42. Missing semicolon. Me fix."


Install

Claude.ai (drag & drop)

  1. Download `caveman-mode.skill`
  2. Go to Customize → Skills
  3. Click "+" → "+ Create skill"
  4. Upload the .skill file
  5. Toggle it on

Claude Code (one command)

cp -r caveman-mode ~/.claude/skills/

Project-scoped (per repo)

cp -r caveman-mode .claude/skills/

What it does

  • Forces 3–6 word sentences
  • Drops articles ("the", "a", "an")
  • Kills preamble and sign-offs
  • Runs tools before talking
  • Brutally honest, zero hedging

Works with

  • ✅ Claude.ai (Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise)
  • ✅ Claude Code
  • ✅ Cowork
  • ✅ OpenAI Codex CLI (same SKILL.md format)

License

MIT — do whatever. Caveman no care about license.