Caveman Mode â Development skill for Claude Code
ðĶī 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
ðĶī A Claude skill that makes Claude talk like a caveman. Short sentences. No filler. Just answers.
Alternatives in Development
- Cavemem â Frozen â cross-agent persistent memory for coding assistants 674 â
- Caveman Claude Skill â Ultra-compressed communication mode for Claude 396 â
- Caveman Micro â 6-line caveman micro prompt (85 tokens) that outperformed the original 552-token skill 162 â
README
ðĶī 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)
- Download `caveman-mode.skill`
- Go to Customize â Skills
- Click "+" â "+ Create skill"
- Upload the
.skillfile - 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 3â6 word sentences
- Drops articles ("the", "a", "an")
- Kills preamble and sign-offs
- Runs tools before talking
- Brutally honest, zero hedging
Works with
- â Claude.ai (Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise)
- â Claude Code
- â Cowork
- â OpenAI Codex CLI (same SKILL.md format)
License
MIT â do whatever. Caveman no care about license.
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