caveman

why use many token when few do trick

Make your AI coding agent talk like a caveman.
Same answers, 65% fewer output tokens. Brain still big. Mouth small.

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Caveman is a skill/plugin for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Copilot, and 30+ other agents. Install once. Agent drops the filler and answers in tight caveman-speak, keeping code, commands, and errors byte-for-byte exact. You save output tokens on every reply, forever.

Before / After

🗣️ Normal agent — 69 tokens	Caveman agent — 19 tokens
The reason your React component is re-rendering is likely because you're creating a new object reference on each render cycle. When you pass an inline object as a prop, React's shallow comparison sees it as a different object every time, which triggers a re-render. I'd recommend using useMemo to memoize the object.	New object ref each render. Inline object prop = new ref = re-render. Wrap in useMemo.
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Same fix. Third of the words. Nothing technical lost.

┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│   output tokens saved   █████████       65% │
│   input tokens saved    ░░░░░░░░░         0% │
│   technical accuracy    █████████      100% │
│   vibes                 █████████       OOG │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Caveman no make brain smaller. Caveman make mouth smaller. Shrinks what the agent says, not what it knows.

Install

One command. Finds every agent on your machine. Installs for each.

# macOS · Linux · WSL · Git Bash
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman/main/install.sh | bash

# Windows · PowerShell 5.1+
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman/main/install.ps1 | iex

~30 seconds. Needs Node ≥18. Skips agents you no have. Safe to re-run.

[!TIP] Turn it on: type /caveman or say "talk like caveman". Turn it off: say "normal mode". On Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini it's already on from message one. No command needed.

# Claude Code plugin
claude plugin marketplace add JuliusBrussee/caveman && claude plugin install caveman@caveman

# Gemini CLI extension
gemini extensions install https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman

# Cursor / Windsurf / Cline / Codex / 30+ more, via the skills registry
npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman -a cursor

Pick your grunt

Six levels. Switch anytime with /caveman <level>. Level sticks until you change it or the session ends.