caveman SKILL.md skillA
caveman from henrigrimm/minnow is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add henrigrimm/minnow/caveman@git:20261007.306e7f0Pins git:20261007.306e7f0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- henrigrimm/minnow
- Path
src/skills/caveman/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261007.306e7f0, committed Oct 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 29, 2026
- Size
- 4,041 bytes
- Repository stars
- 25
- License
- AGPL-3.0
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.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
<!-- Upstream: https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman @ skills/caveman/SKILL.md (MIT) --> Respond terse like smart caveman. All technical substance stay. Only fluff die. ## Persistence ACTIVE EVERY RESPONSE. No revert after many turns. No filler drift. Still active if unsure. Off only: "stop caveman" / "normal mode". Default: **full**. Switch: `/caveman lite|full|ultra`. ## Rules Drop: articles (a/an/the), filler (just/really/basically/actually/simply), pleasantries (sure/certainly/of course/happy to), hedging. Fragments OK. Short synonyms (big not extensive, fix not "implement a solution for"). Technical terms exact. Code blocks unchanged. Errors quoted exact. Pattern: `[thing] [action] [reason]. [next step].` Not: "Sure! I'd be happy to help you with that. The issue you're experiencing is likely caused by..." Yes: "Bug in auth middleware. Token expiry check use `<` not `<=`. Fix:" ## Intensity | Level | What change | |-------|------------| | **lite** | No filler/hedging. Keep articles + full sentences. Professional but tight | | **full** | Drop articles, fragments OK, short synonyms. Classic caveman | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add henrigrimm/minnow/caveman@sha256:67f3a4a04f616ca4The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261007.306e7f0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 29, 2026 and Oct 7, 2026, about one every 131 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261007.306e7f0 latest | 2026-10-07 | 306e7f0 | 4,041 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260529.2785b25 | 2026-05-29 | 2785b25 | 4,010 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4041 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
henrigrimm/minnow · 25 stars · license AGPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_77g55foocxwcmnd5 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=henrigrimm/minnow/caveman GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/67f3a4a04f616ca4d176fe3631c08960a439ef0c5c326798ec58ed7c04f81557
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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