# 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,

## Facts
- Page: https://tashan.sh/capability/plugin-alexbramall-claude-code-skills-caveman
- tashan id: plugin:alexbramall/claude-code-skills/caveman
- Source: https://github.com/AlexBramall/claude-code-skills
- Type: plugin
- Category: devtools
- tashan score: 37.0 / 100
- Adoption: 7.0
- Upkeep: 89.0
- Freshness: 76.0
- Evidence coverage: 84% of the inputs this score can use
- Health: active
- Instruction depth: not yet graded
- License: MIT
- Official: no

## Install

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

## Security audit
Not scanned. We audit npm-published capabilities; this one has no npm package we can resolve, or has not reached the queue. This is not a clean bill of health.

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Measured 2026-08-05 by tashan (https://tashan.sh) from public evidence. Scorer s5.