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Talk like cave humans

Talk like cave humans

Agents tend to write a lot, from subagents spawning context and MCP requests/outputs to outputs shown to users, which increases token consumption.

The caveman stack counters this by acting at different places within agent runtimes.

Warning

Hooks activation is limited to Claude Code by default, but a simili-mirrored hook can be used to broaden agent runtime compatibility.

  • Upstream: https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman
  • What is it: A skill suite for compressed outputs, primarily for chat output, documentation, commits, code review, and hooks to automatically activate caveman output mode.
claude plugin marketplace add JuliusBrussee/caveman
claude plugin install caveman@caveman
npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman
apm marketplace add JuliusBrussee/caveman
apm install caveman@caveman -g
apm install JuliusBrussee/caveman -g