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

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