claude-skills/engineering/caveman
Claude 7405298b4b
fix: resolve the actionable reported issues (#954, #949, #933, #931, #969, #968, #924, #885)
- #954: strip non-spec source/attribution keys from all 39 plugin.json
  manifests so Claude Code's validator accepts them; metadata preserved in
  new .claude-plugin/authoring-notes.json sidecars; check_plugin_json.py now
  hard-fails manifests carrying those keys and sanity-checks the sidecar;
  CLAUDE.md ClawHub schema section updated to the new rule.
- #949: move the c-level-agents plugin out of c-level-advisor/ to a
  top-level directory so the two marketplace sources no longer overlap;
  updated marketplace.json source, homepage, descriptions, all
  cross-references, docs, harness manifest, mirror-tree symlinks/indexes,
  and rebased the moved files' relative links; domain counters trued up
  (18 -> 19 domains).
- #933: replace dead links to the gitignored maintainer-local megaprompts/
  tree with annotated plain-text references (44 files: SKILL.md, READMEs,
  agents, commands).
- #931: DynamoDB on-demand pricing updated to post-Nov-2024 rates
  ($0.625/M writes, $0.125/M strongly consistent reads).
- #969: skill_security_auditor.py and the three dossier scripts reconfigure
  stdout/stderr to UTF-8 (errors=replace) so legacy Windows codepages no
  longer crash at print time; PYTHONUTF8=1 documented.
- #968: Windows Notes section in INSTALLATION.md + README pointer for the
  core.symlinks mirror-tree checkout caveat.
- #924/#885 residuals: hook commands quote "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}" paths in
  all plugin hooks.json/settings.json (space-safe roots); removed the stale
  pre-rename status/review mirror symlinks and index entries left over from
  the memory-status/memory-review rename.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Qgc6RYXWJPr5oW9DHU7zR4
2026-08-21 05:47:37 +00:00
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.claude-plugin fix: resolve the actionable reported issues (#954, #949, #933, #931, #969, #968, #924, #885) 2026-08-21 05:47:37 +00:00
agents feat(productivity): derive caveman + grill-me + handoff from Matt Pocock (MIT) 2026-05-13 21:50:40 +00:00
commands feat(productivity): derive caveman + grill-me + handoff from Matt Pocock (MIT) 2026-05-13 21:50:40 +00:00
skills/caveman fix(productivity): add H1 heading to caveman/grill-me/handoff SKILL.md 2026-05-13 21:54:09 +00:00
README.md feat(productivity): derive caveman + grill-me + handoff from Matt Pocock (MIT) 2026-05-13 21:50:40 +00:00

caveman

Ultra-compressed communication mode. Cuts token usage ~75% by dropping filler, articles, and pleasantries while keeping full technical accuracy.

Attribution

Derived from Matt Pocock's caveman (MIT). Matt's SKILL.md voice + activation triggers + persistence rules preserved verbatim per his MIT license.

What this adds on top of Matt's original

Addition Where Why
3 stdlib Python tools skills/caveman/scripts/ Compressor (apply Matt's rules deterministically), token-savings estimator (measure %), lint (verify response follows rules)
3 in-depth references (5+ sources each) skills/caveman/references/ Compression principles · Technical communication patterns · When caveman backfires (the auto-clarity exceptions, deepened)
cs-caveman-mode persona agent agents/cs-caveman-mode.md Persistent caveman-mode operator with hard rules for technical-content exceptions
/cs:caveman slash command commands/cs-caveman.md One-line trigger + persistence enforcer

Quick start

# Compress text per Matt's rules
python skills/caveman/scripts/caveman_compressor.py "Sure! I'd be happy to help you with that. The issue is..."

# Estimate token savings on a piece of text
python skills/caveman/scripts/token_savings_estimator.py "input text"

# Lint a response to check caveman compliance
python skills/caveman/scripts/caveman_lint.py "response text"

All three tools run with embedded samples if no input provided.

License

MIT (matching Matt's upstream).