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tashan scores Caveman · AlexBramall on public evidence — tashan score 42.0/100. Audit scope: OSV advisories, install-time scripts, build provenance and declared permission surface. We do not review source code or execute the capability.

How do I install Caveman · AlexBramall?

Configure it from its source repository — it is a remote / registry server.

Who maintains Caveman · AlexBramall?

30 GitHub contributors, source: AlexBramall/claude-code-skills.

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Caveman · AlexBramall

plugin

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)
native: this artifact type is that client's own format

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Install (Claude Code):

/plugin marketplace add AlexBramall/claude-code-skills
/plugin install caveman@claude-code-skills

tashan score: 42.0
Adoption: 1 repos
Upkeep: 100.0
Evidence coverage: 62% of the inputs this score can use — the rest are unknown, and the score is discounted for it
Contributors: 30
License: MIT

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2026-08-14 the tashan score for caveman rose to 42.0, from 37.0 Upkeep, freshness or adoption moved enough to change how this measures.

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