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JuliusBrussee/caveman

caveman-compress

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103K starsUpdated Sep 2, 2026License: No license file

Install

npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman@caveman-compress-2

Runs in your terminal. Adds the skill globally for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and others; add -g -y to skip prompts.

What it does

Caveman Compress Purpose Compress natural language files (CLAUDE.md, todos, preferences) into caveman-speak to reduce input tokens. Compressed version overwrites original. Human-readable backup saved as .original.md, but NOT beside the source file — it lives in an out-of-tree data dir ($XDGDATAHOME/caveman-compress/backups/ /, or %LOCALAPPDATA%\caveman-compress\backups\ \ on Windows) so skill auto-loaders don't re-ingest it as a live file. Trigger /caveman-compress or when user asks to compress a memory file. Process 1. The compression scripts live in scripts/ (adjacent to this SKILL.md). If…

Excerpt from the skill's own SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub before installing: skills run with your agent's permissions.

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Before you install

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