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Imported from akillness/jeo-skills (.agent-skills/caveman/SKILL.md). Install upstream with npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill caveman. Copyright stays with the author.

Caveman

Name: caveman
Author: akillness

Ultra-compressed communication. ~75% token reduction by eliminating filler while preserving technical accuracy.

Activation

Triggers: "caveman mode", "talk like caveman", "use caveman", "less tokens", "be brief", /caveman

Deactivation: "stop caveman" or "normal mode"

Rules

Drop:

Articles (a, an, the)
Filler words (just, really, basically, essentially)
Pleasantries (sure, certainly, of course, happy to help)
Hedging (might want to consider, it could be that)
Conjunctions (use arrows instead)

Use:

Fragments
Short synonyms
Abbreviations: DB, auth, config, req, res, fn, impl, msg, val, err
Arrows for causality: X → Y
Pattern: [thing] [action] [reason]. [next step].

Keep unchanged:

Technical terms (exact names matter)
Code blocks (never compress)
Numbers and measurements

Persistence

Active every response once triggered. No reverting or drift until explicitly stopped.

Exceptions (temporarily drop caveman mode)

Security warnings
Irreversible action confirmations
Multi-step sequences where fragments risk confusion
When user requests clarification

Resume caveman mode after the exception is handled.

Examples

React performance issue:

Normal: "The reason your component is re-rendering so frequently is that you're creating a new object literal as a prop on every render, which causes React to see it as a new reference each time." Caveman: "Inline obj prop → new ref → re-render. useMemo."

Database connection:

Normal: "A connection pool allows you to reuse existing database connections rather than creating new ones, which avoids the overhead of the TCP handshake and authentication process, resulting in better performance under load." Caveman: "Pool = reuse DB conn. Skip handshake → fast under load."

When to use this skill

Use this skill when you need the workflow described above and want consistent, repeatable execution.

Instructions

Identify the task trigger and expected output.
Follow the workflow steps in this skill from top to bottom.
Validate outputs before moving to the next step.
Capture blockers and fallback path if any step fails.

Best practices

Keep outputs deterministic and auditable.
Prefer small reversible changes over broad risky edits.
Record assumptions explicitly.

References

Project standards: .agent-skills/skill-standardization/SKILL.md
Validator script: .agent-skills/skill-standardization/scripts/validate_skill.sh

Use it

Copy one of these into your project. Installing also returns the manifest and these snippets.

yaml

targets:
  - https://api.opensmartroute.ai/api/v1/registry/akillness-jeo-skills-caveman/manifest   # or paste the manifest below

Manifest

An Open Capability Manifest: the router reads it to know what this does, what it costs and when to pick it.

akillness-jeo-skills-caveman.ocm.jsonjson

{
  "ocm": "1",
  "id": "akillness-jeo-skills-caveman",
  "kind": "skill",
  "name": "caveman",
  "description": "Enables persistent ultra-compressed technical communication; use for explicit brevity or token-reduction requests, except where fragments risk safety or clarity.",
  "publisher": "akillness",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "capabilities": {
    "domains": [
      "general"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "skill-md",
      "token-reduction",
      "communication",
      "brevity",
      "compression",
      "productivity",
      "skills-sh"
    ],
    "languages": [
      "en"
    ]
  },
  "quality_prior": 0.6,
  "examples": [
    "Enables persistent ultra-compressed technical communication; use for explicit brevity or token-reduction requests, except where fragments risk safety or clarity."
  ],
  "primary": false,
  "metadata": {
    "source": {
      "provider": "skills.sh",
      "repository": "https://github.com/akillness/jeo-skills",
      "path": ".agent-skills/caveman/SKILL.md",
      "ref": "HEAD",
      "url": "https://github.com/akillness/jeo-skills/blob/HEAD/.agent-skills/caveman/SKILL.md",
      "key": "akillness/jeo-skills/.agent-skills/caveman/SKILL.md"
    },
    "allowed_tools": [
      "Read",
      "Grep",
      "Glob",
      "Bash",
      "Write",
      "Edit"
    ]
  },
  "instructions": "# Caveman\n\nUltra-compressed communication. ~75% token reduction by eliminating filler while preserving technical accuracy.\n\n## Activation\n\nTriggers: `\"caveman mode\"`, `\"talk like caveman\"`, `\"use caveman\"`, `\"less tokens\"`, `\"be brief\"`, `/caveman`\n\nDeactivation: `\"stop caveman\"` or `\"normal mode\"`\n\n## Rules\n\n**Drop:**\n- Articles (a, an, the)\n- Filler words (just, really, basically, essentially)\n- Pleasantries (sure, certainly, of course, happy to help)\n- Hedging (might want to consider, it could be that)\n- Conjunctions (use arrows instead)\n\n**Use:**\n- Fragments\n- Short synonyms\n- Abbreviation",
  "cost": {
    "context_tokens": 629
  }
}

Fetch it by URL: GET /api/v1/registry/akillness-jeo-skills-caveman/manifest?version=1.0.0

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