caveman
caveman is a Claude Skill for workflow automation and orchestration, published by JuliusBrussee.
A Claude Code skill and multi-agent plugin that reduces output tokens by ~65–75% while preserving technical accuracy, supporting 30+ agent platforms.
Is it any good?
Effectiveness · benchmark pending
We haven't benchmarked caveman yet, so its score is provisional — computed from safety, maintenance, and documentation only, with popularity given no weight. When we benchmark it, we measure whether it produces materially better output than a frontier model alone, and that result leads the score. How we measure.
About caveman
Description · AI-summarised from the JuliusBrussee README
Caveman is a skill/plugin for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Copilot, and 25+ other AI agents. It instructs the agent to drop filler language and respond in terse, fragment-based technical speech while maintaining full accuracy. Users can trigger compression via `/caveman` commands with four intensity levels (lite, full, ultra, wenyan). Benchmarks show real API token savings of 22–87% across diverse tasks (average 65%), with speed improvements of ~3×. The skill includes subcommands for commit messages, PR reviews, token usage stats, and memory file compression. A companion tool, caveman-compress, can rewrite project documentation to save input tokens every session. The plugin is installable via single-line shell commands for macOS/Linux/WSL and Windows PowerShell, and supports auto-activation on multiple platforms.
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Install caveman
Install
Install via Claude Skill
claude skills add @juliusbrussee/juliusbrussee-cavemanInstall with your AI
Zero install · paste into ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor…
Install the "caveman" skill into my project by following all instructions at https://skillsdirectory.co/s/juliusbrussee-caveman
Your assistant reads /s/juliusbrussee-caveman and follows it — fetching the files from the source, placing them, and confirming before it runs anything. No account needed. How this works.
Frequently asked
FAQ
What does caveman do?
A Claude Code skill and multi-agent plugin that reduces output tokens by ~65–75% while preserving technical accuracy, supporting 30+ agent platforms.
How do I install caveman?
caveman is a Claude Skill. Primary install path: claude skills add @juliusbrussee/juliusbrussee-caveman
What is the Skill Score for caveman?
caveman has a Skill Score of 7.2/10 (Solid). It is currently a provisional score — caveman hasn't been benchmarked yet, so it weights safety 75/100 (40%), maintenance 55/100 (30%), and documentation 85/100 (30%). Popularity carries zero weight until effectiveness is measured. See methodology.
Is caveman free?
caveman is published under the MIT license. See the vendor's source repository for any usage limits or paid tiers.
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