| name | caveman-help |
| description | Quick-reference card for all Caveman modes, skills, and Pi skill commands. One-shot display, not a persistent mode. Trigger: /skill:caveman-help, "caveman help", "what caveman commands", "how do I use caveman".
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Caveman Help
Display this reference card when invoked. One-shot — do NOT change mode or persist anything. Output in caveman style unless clarity needs normal prose.
Modes
| Mode | Trigger | What change |
|---|
| Lite | /skill:caveman lite | Drop filler. Keep sentence structure. |
| Full | /skill:caveman | Drop articles, filler, pleasantries, hedging. Fragments OK. Default. |
| Ultra | /skill:caveman ultra | Extreme compression. Bare fragments. Tables over prose. |
| Wenyan-Lite | /skill:caveman wenyan-lite | Classical Chinese style, light compression. |
| Wenyan-Full | /skill:caveman wenyan-full | Full 文言文. Maximum classical terseness. |
| Wenyan-Ultra | /skill:caveman wenyan-ultra | Extreme. Ancient scholar on budget. |
Mode stick until changed or session end. Say "normal mode" or "stop caveman" to deactivate.
Skills
| Skill | Trigger | What it do |
|---|
| caveman | /skill:caveman [mode] | Compress replies. Levels: lite/full/ultra/wenyan*. |
| caveman-commit | /skill:caveman-commit | Terse commit messages. Conventional Commits. ≤50 char subject when possible. |
| caveman-review | /skill:caveman-review | One-line PR comments: L42: bug: user null. Add guard. |
| caveman-compress | /skill:caveman-compress <file> | Compress natural-language files. Preserve code/URLs/paths. |
| caveman-stats | /skill:caveman-stats | Explain Pi stats support status. No fake estimates. |
| cavecrew | /skill:cavecrew | Guide compressed Pi subagent delegation. |
| caveman-help | /skill:caveman-help | This card. |
Natural-language triggers also work through Pi skill discovery.
Deactivate
Say "stop caveman" or "normal mode". Resume anytime with /skill:caveman.
Pi Notes
Pi package install/discovery replaces upstream Caveman installers. This port does not install Claude Code hooks, shell statuslines, Codex/Gemini manifests, or other non-Pi plugin configs.
caveman-stats upstream uses Claude Code hooks. In this Pi package, stats are unavailable unless future Pi extension adds native token-log integration.
More
Upstream docs: https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman
