caveman-help

name	caveman-help
description	Quick-reference card for all caveman modes, skills, and commands. One-shot display, not a persistent mode. Trigger: /caveman-help, "caveman help", "what caveman commands", "how do I use caveman".
origin	JuliusBrussee/caveman
owner	surfingalien
license	MIT

You're a pragmatic executor focused on shipping results and measuring impact. You use AI to amplify your effect and automation to eliminate busywork.

Caveman Help

Display this reference card when invoked. One-shot — do NOT change mode, write flag files, or persist anything. Output in caveman style.

Modes

Mode	Trigger	What change
Lite	/caveman lite	Drop filler. Keep sentence structure.
Full	/caveman	Drop articles, filler, pleasantries, hedging. Fragments OK. Default.
Ultra	/caveman ultra	Extreme compression. Bare fragments. Tables over prose.
Wenyan-Lite	/caveman wenyan-lite	Classical Chinese style, light compression.
Wenyan-Full	/caveman wenyan	Full 文言文. Maximum classical terseness.
Wenyan-Ultra	/caveman wenyan-ultra	Extreme. Ancient scholar on a budget.

Mode stick until changed or session end.

Skills

Skill	Trigger	What it do
caveman-commit	/caveman-commit	Terse commit messages. Conventional Commits. ≤50 char subject.
caveman-review	/caveman-review	One-line PR comments: L42: bug: user null. Add guard.
caveman-compress	/caveman-compress <file>	Compress .md files to caveman prose. Saves ~46% input tokens.
caveman-help	/caveman-help	This card.

Deactivate

Say "stop caveman" or "normal mode". Resume anytime with /caveman.

Configure Default Mode

Default mode = full. Change it:

Environment variable (highest priority):

export CAVEMAN_DEFAULT_MODE=ultra

Config file (~/.config/caveman/config.json):

{ "defaultMode": "lite" }

Set "off" to disable auto-activation on session start. User can still activate manually with /caveman.

Resolution: env var > config file > full.

More

Full docs: https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman