Caveman: Reduce Tokens
Use this skill to write like a caveman and automatically simplify your text into fewer tokens.
Automations like: 'Use Claude to rewrite a lengthy blog post into a few short paragraphs and then schedule it on Medium using API.'
This skill cuts 65% of tokens in your text by speaking like a caveman, potentially making your text more concise and cost-effective to process.
"A freelancer writes a lengthy website content block in Claude Code. They use the 'caveman' skill to rewrite it into a shorter, simpler text, and then schedule it on a Medium publication instantly. The rewritten text costs significantly less to generate and is published within minutes."
Pick up this skill when you're new to AI text tools and want to reduce the complexity of your writing.
Senior engineers and professionals use this skill to save on processing costs and automate content generation.
This skill doesn't just remove words from your text; it also transforms your writing style into more primitive, concise language.
The caveman tool reduces the number of tokens used in text by simplifying language, similar to how a caveman would communicate, cutting 65% of tokens while maintaining the core message.
git clone https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman.git- β’When you need to convey a simple message or instruction and want to minimize the amount of text used.
- β’In situations where character limits are a concern, such as in text messages or social media posts.
- β’For creating concise and straightforward content, such as product descriptions or instructional guides.
- 1Navigate to the cloned repository with the command `cd caveman`.
- 2Run the script using a JavaScript interpreter, such as Node.js, with the command `node caveman.js`.
- 3Input your text when prompted to see the simplified, caveman-like version.
- 4Experiment with different inputs to see how the tool simplifies various types of text.
- 5Consider modifying the script to integrate it into your specific application or workflow.
Input 'The sun is shining brightly in the clear blue sky' to see the caveman version, which might output 'Sun shine. Sky blue.'
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Caveman: Reduce Tokens is a very large Go project (~162k lines across 625 code files, plus 215 test files). You install it into your AI tool with one command; there is nothing to run yourself. Last commit this month, Other license, has a test suite.
Tool reduces tokens
- 1README.mdStart here β what it does and how to install it
- 2AGENTS.mdThe instructions the AI actually follows
- 3mcp/server.goWhere the program starts running
- 4skills/cavecrew/README.mdInside skills/ β an example of what the AI is told to do
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