rheinmir 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
Output Report
After all main skill tasks complete, write a propose draft to the wiki.
Steps
1. Build the filename:
- Format:
DDMMYY-<ten>.md DDMMYY= today (e.g.,020626for 2 June 2026)<ten>= 2–4 kebab-case words summarising what was done (e.g.,landing-page-coteccons,brand-kit-fintech,ingest-auth-spec)
2. Write llmwiki/wiki/draft/cave/DDMMYY-<ten>.md:
# DDMMYY-<ten>
**Type:** draft
**Status:** proposed
**Tags:** <skill-name>, output-report
**Proposed:** YYYY-MM-DD
## What
<One sentence — what this skill invocation produced or decided>
## Output
<Key artefacts, files created/modified, or decisions made>
## Files
| File | Action |
|------|--------|
| `path/to/file` | created / modified |
## Notes
- Invoked via: `/<skill-name>` skill
## Origin
- **Draft:** `wiki/draft/cave/DDMMYY-<ten>.md`
- **Commit:** _(filled by verify-before-commit)_
- **Date promoted:** _(filled by verify-before-commit)_
3. Update wiki index & log:
llmwiki/wiki/index.md— append one row:| [DDMMYY-<ten>](draft/cave/DDMMYY-<ten>.md) | draft | YYYY-MM-DD |llmwiki/wiki/log.md— append:## YYYY-MM-DD — <skill-name> — <ten>
Skip only when the skill produces zero artefacts and zero decisions (e.g., a pure display mode like
/caveman-stats).