# Caveman Help

> 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".

Source: https://skillsagentes.com/skills/juliusbrussee/caveman/caveman-help
Repository: https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman
Author: juliusbrussee
License: MIT
Updated: hace 25 días
Context cost: 49 tok installed, 588 tok once triggered, 832 tok with every bundled file
Bundle: 2 files, 3 KB
Permissions requested: none declared

## Install

```bash
npx -y skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman --skill caveman-help --agent claude-code
```

## What it does

- Muestra una tarjeta de referencia rápida de una sola vez con los modos de caveman (lite/full/ultra/wenyan-*) y los skills disponibles (caveman-commit, caveman-review, caveman-compress, caveman-help).
- Documenta cómo desactivar el modo ("stop caveman"/"normal mode") y cómo configurar el modo por defecto vía CAVEMAN_DEFAULT_MODE o ~/.config/caveman/config.json.
- Explica que el idioma del usuario se mantiene por defecto: comprime el estilo, no el idioma, salvo que se pida traducción explícita.

## Use it when

- El usuario invoca /caveman-help o pregunta qué comandos/modos tiene caveman.

## What triggers it

- "/caveman-help"
- "qué comandos tiene caveman"
- "cómo configuro el modo por defecto de caveman"

## Before you install

- Ninguno: despliegue de una sola vez, no cambia modo ni persiste nada.

## Files

- README.md — 976 B
- SKILL.md — 2 KB

## SKILL.md

Reproduced verbatim from JuliusBrussee/caveman under MIT. This section is the upstream document and is in English.

# 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):
```bash
export 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`.

## More

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

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Skills Agentes — https://skillsagentes.com/skills/juliusbrussee/caveman/caveman-help