How do I install the Caveman — Help skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add juliusbrussee/caveman-help in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Caveman — Help safe to use?

SkillMD's automated safety review verdict for this skill is PASS. Independent scanners report: SkillSpector: PASS, Skill Scanner: PASS. Capability flags: makes network calls. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Caveman — Help?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Caveman — Help free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Caveman — Help?

Julius Brussee (@juliusbrussee) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Caveman — Help by juliusbrussee — Agent Skill

Name: Caveman — Help
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: Julius Brussee

File contents

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.

Language

Keep user's language by default. User write Portuguese → reply Portuguese caveman. Compress the style, not the language. Technical terms, code, commands, commit types, and exact error strings stay verbatim unless user ask for translation.

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.

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

---name: caveman-helpdescription: Displays a quick-reference card for all caveman modes, skills, and commands. One-shot display, not a persistent mode.---# Caveman HelpDisplay 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. |## DeactivateSay "stop caveman" or "normal mode". Resume anytime with `/caveman`.## LanguageKeep user's language by default. User write Portuguese → reply Portuguese caveman. Compress the style, not the language. Technical terms, code, commands, commit types, and exact error strings stay verbatim unless user ask for translation.## Configure Default ModeDefault mode = `full`. Change it:**Environment variable** (highest priority):```bashexport CAVEMAN_DEFAULT_MODE=ultra```**Config file** (`~/.config/caveman/config.json`):```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`.## MoreFull docs: https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman

Frequently asked questions

Caveman — Help