caveman
Caveman is a skill and proxy that cuts token use by making coding agents answer tersely and shrink the text they read, for developers and heavy AI users.
What it is good for
- Cutting the cost of long coding agent sessions
- Shortening answers from Claude Code and similar agents
- Reducing the size of logs and test output an agent reads
- Lowering token spend on repeated coding tasks
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Skill or plugin
- Tasks
- Works with
- Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Claude
Momentum
- Rank this week
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- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 116,808
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is caveman free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (Apache-2.0 license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use caveman?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does caveman work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, and Claude.
- What is caveman good for?
- Cutting the cost of long coding agent sessions, shortening answers from Claude Code and similar agents, reducing the size of logs and test output an agent reads, and lowering token spend on repeated coding tasks.
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