Caveman · AlexBramall
Ultra-compressed communication mode. Cuts token usage 20-50% (75% upper bound) by dropping filler, articles, pleasantries, and hedging while keeping full technical accuracy. Derived from Matt Pocock's MIT-licensed caveman with: (1) 3 stdlib Python tools (deterministic compressor, token-savings estimator with $/Mtok cost extrapolation, lint that detects banned vocab with code-block + exception-zone whitelisting), (2) 3 references citing 7-8 sources (compression principles, when caveman backfires,
Works with: Claude Code (native)
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Install (Claude Code):
/plugin marketplace add AlexBramall/claude-code-skills
/plugin install caveman@claude-code-skills- tashan score: 37.0
- Adoption: 1 repos
- Upkeep: 89.0
- Freshness: 76.0
- Evidence coverage: 84% of the inputs this score can use — the rest are unknown, and the score is discounted for it
- Health: active
- Contributors: 30
- License: MIT
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