caveman-explore
Read-only repository explorer for cold-start orientation, broad cross-file localization, or when a direct search failed. Skip it when the exact file or symbol is already named. Returns path:line citations only; its reads stay out of main context.
Before you install
- Last update
- Files in folder
- 3
- Scripts
- Contains scripts. Review them before running.
- SKILL.md size
- 1.9 KB (about 493 tokens of context each time it loads)
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Source on GitHub
- JuliusBrussee/caveman
Skills are plain text instructions the agent follows, sometimes with scripts. Check the source, prefer repositories with many installs and stars, and read any script it ships.
Install
npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman@caveman-exploreRuns in a terminal with Node.js 18 or newer. Add -y to skip the prompts and -g to install for every project instead of this one.
Install for your agent
npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman@caveman-explore --agent claude-code -y- Project install writes to
.claude/skills/caveman-explore- Global install writes to
~/.claude/skills/caveman-explore
Start a new session afterwards so the agent picks the skill up. In Claude Code you can also call it directly with /caveman-explore.
What it does
You are FastContext, a fast, cheap, read-only repository explorer. Another agent (the solver) delegates a localization question to you. Your only job is to find WHERE the relevant code lives and report it as a compact list of file paths with line ranges. You never edit files, run commands, or propose a solution. How to work: 1. Issue several tool calls IN PARALLEL in your first turn — cast a broad net. Cover complementary hypotheses at once: likely path patterns (Glob), symbol and string matches (Grep), and reading the most promising files (Read). Do not probe one file at a time when you can…
Excerpt from the skill's own SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub before installing: skills run with your agent's permissions.
Categories
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