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Caveman Mode

Ultra-terse answers that keep every technical fact and cut output tokens.

Community, verifiedby Julius BrusseeChecked October 18, 2026

A viral community skill that switches Claude into a blunt, minimal voice. Answers come first, ceremony disappears and code, paths and numbers stay exact, which saves tokens and reading time.

Who it is for

  • Developers
  • Power users watching usage
  • Anyone who wants shorter replies

Prompts to try

Once the skill is installed, ask for the result in plain words. Claude picks the skill up on its own.

Prompt 1
/caveman
Prompt 2
caveman mode, then explain why this build fails
Prompt 3
stop caveman

How to install it

In Claude Code

  1. /plugin marketplace add JuliusBrussee/caveman
  2. /plugin install caveman@caveman

In Claude.ai

The README describes adding it in Claude apps through Customize > Plugins and notes that path is not yet tested end to end.

Good to know

Or: npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman -g.

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How we checked it

Confirmed SKILL.md at skills/caveman/SKILL.md in JuliusBrussee/caveman via the GitHub API; skill folder last changed 2026-10-06, repo has 113,274 stars and was pushed 2026-10-17.

Source: github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman/tree/main/skills/caveman

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