JuliusBrussee/caveman Reaches 60,093 Stars — Claude Code Skill Cuts 65% of Output Tokens by Forcing Terse Caveman Speak Around Unchanged Code Blocks

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The caveman Claude Code skill by Julius Brussee hit 60,093 stars by forcing Claude to drop articles, filler words, and pleasantries while keeping technical terms and code blocks exact. Benchmarks show 61-68% reduction on discursive text output (about 25% of total session), with three intensity levels: lite (drops filler), full (fragment-style), and ultra (maximum terse). Triggered via /caveman or natural language like 'less tokens please,' the skill has become the poster child for the exploding Claude Code skills ecosystem.