caveman

80 / 100 · Low risk

Fine to try. Some of what it can do is expected: a coding skill usually runs build and test commands.

By zernie/vigiles (GitHub) · coding · 15 stars · scanned at commit 1a1de50

Ultra-compressed communication mode. Cuts token usage ~75% by speaking like caveman while keeping full technical accuracy. Supports intensity levels: lite, full (default), ultra, wenyan-lite, wenyan-full, wenyan-ultra. Use when user says "caveman mode", "talk like caveman", "use caveman", "less tokens", "be brief", or invokes /caveman. Also auto-triggers when token efficiency is requested.

Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.

What this skill can do

Runs commands on your computer

The author does not mention this. It runs automatically when the plugin is installed. Expected for a coding skill.

Found in 5 places.

.claude-plugin/plugin.json, line 19"command": "bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/pre-edit.sh"
.claude-plugin/plugin.json, line 30"command": "bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/post-edit.sh"
.claude-plugin/plugin.json, line 39"command": "bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/refs-nudge.sh"

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.claude-plugin/plugin.json, line 48"command": "bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/eval-lock-nudge.sh"
.claude-plugin/plugin.json, line 59"command": "bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/session-start.sh"

Downloads and installs other software

The author does not mention this. It runs automatically when the plugin is installed.

Found in 6 places.

hooks/eval-lock-nudge.sh, line 25printf '%s' "$INPUT" | npx vigiles hook-runtime eval-lock-nudge
hooks/post-edit.sh, line 22npx vigiles generate types 2>&1 || true
hooks/post-edit.sh, line 31npx vigiles compile 2>&1 || true

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hooks/pre-edit.sh, line 343. Run: npx vigiles compile
hooks/refs-nudge.sh, line 16printf '%s' "$INPUT" | npx vigiles hook-runtime refs
hooks/session-start.sh, line 30SUMMARY=$(npx --no-install vigiles lint --summary 2>/dev/null || true)

Other copies in this repository

zernie/vigiles has 1 more folder with a skill named caveman. This page shows the lowest-scoring copy.

bench/ecosystem/skills/caveman-plugin/skills/caveman 95/100 · Low risk

Install

Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.

if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'caveman' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'caveman' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named caveman already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/zernie/vigiles' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '1a1de50f62f5c1093a46455488dcf6e8157c6182' -- 'bench/ecosystem/skills/caveman' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'bench/ecosystem/skills/caveman' ~/.agents/skills/'caveman' && rm -rf "$d"; fi

Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'caveman' ~/.claude/skills/'caveman' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.

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Score history

Date	Version	Score
2026-11-08	`1a1de50`	80