caveman-setup
Wire a repository through the Caveman Cloud gateway so every LLM request is measured, with no behavior change. Use for "set up caveman" or adding LLM spend observability.
Before you install
- Last update
- Files in folder
- 1
- Scripts
- No script files found
- SKILL.md size
- 10 KB (about 2,631 tokens of context each time it loads)
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Source on GitHub
- JuliusBrussee/caveman
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Install
npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman@caveman-setupRuns 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-setup --agent claude-code -y- Project install writes to
.claude/skills/caveman-setup- Global install writes to
~/.claude/skills/caveman-setup
Start a new session afterwards so the agent picks the skill up. In Claude Code you can also call it directly with /caveman-setup.
What it does
You are wiring this repository through the Caveman gateway. Caveman is a byte-preserving LLM proxy: in record mode it measures what your app sends and what it costs, and changes nothing else. Your job is a minimal, verified integration — not a refactor. The prompt that sent you here provides four values. Refer to them as: - GATEWAY — the gateway base URL (e.g. https://gateway.caveman.so or http://127.0.0.1:8787) - CAVEAPIKEY — the gateway auth secret (treat like any API key: env var only, never committed, never printed in full) - PROVIDERKEYS — stored (provider keys live encrypted in Caveman…
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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