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JuliusBrussee/caveman

🪨 why use many token when few token do trick. Viral skill + proxy for coding agents that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like a caveman.

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Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026

Stars +14,363 in 61 days

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Fri, Sep 4, 2026+484+130#22#1
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Mon, Sep 7, 2026+214+221Not trending#11
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+201+190Not trending#6
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+206+180Not trending#2
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+186+140Not trending#10
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+299+140Not trending#5
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+201+170Not trending#7
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+121+80Not trending#16
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+221+211Not trending#7
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+203+101Not trending#9
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+257+172Not trending#5
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+230+151Not trending#7
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+325+280Not trending#5
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+180+30Not trending#12
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+193+166Not trending#15
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+195+190Not trending#12
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+218+131Not trending#7
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+177+190Not trending#14
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+153+90Not trending#14
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+140+120Not trending#11
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+103+120Not trending#18
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+112+110Not trending#14
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+137+110Not trending#12
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+178+100Not trending#5
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+201+123Not trending#4
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+153+150Not trending#6
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+351+180Not trending#1
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+431+2315#19#1
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+292+233Not trending#4
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+190+150Not trending#7
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+213+191Not trending#6
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+194+120Not trending#7
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+177+1619Not trending#17
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+189+160Not trending#18
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+155+120Not trending#15
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+124+110Not trending#16
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+189+181Not trending#10
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+234+1315Not trending#6
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+421+370Not trending#3
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+614+310#25#2
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+552+330Not trending#1
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+225+1212Not trending#6
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+180+120Not trending#13
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+202+150Not trending#12
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+186+140Not trending#12
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+271+250Not trending#5
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+278+220Not trending#8
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+222+190Not trending#4
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+192+142Not trending#6
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+223+222Not trending#5
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+253+200Not trending#5
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+241+190Not trending#7
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+260+280Not trendingNot trending
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+297+270Not trendingNot trending
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+235+240Not trendingNot trending
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+82+50Not trendingNot trending
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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

    Jul 2 – Oct 15, 2026Best #2

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    1. Oct 302 posts

      • Top 10 Claude Code Skill Repos: 1. Superpowers - 2. Matt Pocock Skills - 3. Karpathy Skills - 4. Anthropic Skills - 5. Ponytail -

        Read full on X, posted by @Vidhi2828

        @Vidhi2828 · x.com

      • Recommend having a tech-lead opus agent for planning and solutions. For longer running tasks prefer using Agent team over plain subagents. Subagents almost always creates fresh ctxt agents where team…

        Read full on X, posted by @clementiano_9

        @clementiano_9 · x.com

    2. Oct 292 posts

      • GitHub 狂揽 11.5 万星的 Caveman 逼着 Claude Code 学山顶洞人蹦词，代码一字不差账单直接砍半。 用 Claude Code 和 Codex 改代码时，模型每次动工前总爱先写一大段礼貌客套的废话分析，白白烧掉一大半额度。这个开源项目直接在中间加了层极简技能与本地代理，强行把智能体的嘴皮子压成电报体。 - 解释一段 React 组件重渲染的原因，正常回答要啰嗦 63…

        Read full on X, posted by @LiuweijiaVip

        @LiuweijiaVip · x.com

      • Ran living-canvas on caveman 🪨 Normal agent talk → /caveman smash → ~75% fewer output tokens, code untouched. Brain still big. Free Claude skill → @julius_brussee caveman →

        Read full on X, posted by @shouvik_palit

        @shouvik_palit · x.com

    3. Oct 281 post

      • 23,239 个 token 砍到 2,006 个，省了 91.4%。 过去 7 天，我亲手测了 5 个 AI 工具，3 个直接留，2 个得加前提再用： 1. caveman——400 行测试 JSON，71,118 字节压到 5,918 字节，token 省 91.4%。同题改写 2,620 字变 528 字。天天跟 coding agent 打交道、按 token 付费的，闭眼装。 2.…

        Read full on X, posted by @ReignSwords

        @ReignSwords · x.com

    4. Oct 261 post

      • 让 AI 像穴居人一样说话，Token 直接省 65%。 caveman：一个走红的编程助手 Skill + 代理，用极简表达砍掉冗余 Token，项目自述可省 65%，11.5 万+ 星标。 写代码烧 Token 的人，先 Star 收藏试试。 #AI #编程助手 #开源工具

        Read full on X, posted by @cryptofz66

        @cryptofz66 · x.com

    5. Oct 251 post

      • Claude Code 想省 Token，你必须知道的 5 个项目🔥 1、context-mode｜减少 Context 污染 通过 MCP + Hooks 过滤冗长的工具输出，只把需要的结果交给 Claude，避免大量无关内容占用上下文 2、RTK｜压缩终端输出 专门优化 git、测试、构建等命令输出，减少无效日志占用的 Token，还能统计压缩效果 3、claude-mem｜跨…

        Read full on X, posted by @xiaomovps

        @xiaomovps · x.com

    6. Oct 242 posts

      • coding agent 回话太啰嗦，token 烧得慌。 JuliusBrussee/caveman：让 agent 少说话、答案还在。官方 54 次 Claude Code 实测，输入 token 少 33.2%，18/18 题对。GitHub 11.4 万星。 同一句 React 重渲染，63 token 压到 20。脑还在，字少了。

        Read full on X, posted by @mingxiwan

        @mingxiwan · x.com

      • 让 AI 学山顶洞人说话，token 直接省 91.4%——我刚亲手实测完。 这项目最近 HN 和 GitHub Trending 双榜第一，ThePrimeagen 看完说 "No way this actually works." 口号就一句：why use many token when few token do trick。 我是真装上了。npx 一条命令，setup 顺手拖了…

        Read full on X, posted by @ReignSwords

        @ReignSwords · x.com

    7. Oct 221 post

      • Caveman分两头。一头敲/caveman就少寒暄，有lite、full、ultra几档，连文言都有。 另一头是压缩引擎，agent反复要读的大段东西先压短再喂给模型，原文还能取回。 Skill走MIT引擎是BSL。不想换工具，就想少烧点字。

        Read full on X, posted by @0xGky

        @0xGky · x.com

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