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cavecrew
When to delegate to `cavecrew-investigator` (locate code), `cavecrew-builder` (1-2 file edit) or `cavecrew-reviewer` (diff review) instead of working inline or…
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/caveman-help
Quick-reference card for caveman modes, skills and commands. Trigger: /caveman-help or "caveman help".
Install
$ npx -y skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman --skill caveman-help --agent claude-codeHow it fires
How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/caveman-help
Context preview
The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.
Quick-reference card for caveman modes, skills and commands. Trigger: /caveman-help or "caveman help".
SKILL.md
caveman-help.SKILL.mdname: caveman-help
description: >
Quick-reference card for caveman modes, skills and commands.
Trigger: /caveman-help or "caveman help".
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`.
More
Full docs: https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman
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name: caveman-help description: > Quick-reference card for caveman modes, skills and commands. Trigger: /caveman-help or "caveman help".
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`.
More
Full docs: https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman
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