/caveman-compress
Compress a markdown/text file into caveman format to save tokens
> /plugin marketplace add JuliusBrussee/caveman > /plugin install caveman@caveman
How it fires
How this command gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfClaude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/caveman-compress
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What this command does when you run it.
Compress a markdown/text file into caveman format to save tokens
Command definition
caveman-compress.mddescription: Compress a markdown/text file into caveman format to save tokens
Compress the file at: $ARGUMENTS
Run the `caveman-compress` skill against the given filepath. The skill rewrites prose into terse caveman style — drops articles, filler, hedging — while preserving code blocks, inline code, URLs, file paths, commands, and markdown structure exactly. Original is backed up as `<file>.original.md` before overwrite.
Only compress natural-language files (`.md`, `.txt`, `.typ`, `.tex`, extensionless). Refuse source/config files (`.py`, `.js`, `.ts`, `.json`, `.yaml`, `.toml`, `.sh`, etc.). Never compress an existing `*.original.md` backup.
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Repo: JuliusBrussee/caveman
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