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Sets `disable-model-invocation: true`, so the host withholds caveman from the model-visible skill listing. It stops paying preload tax and can only be reached by typing /caveman. The reason is not the 287 characters. caveman's description was almost entirely a trigger list -- "caveman mode", "talk like caveman", "less tokens", "be brief" -- and "be brief" is a false-positive magnet: a user asking for brevity wants short answers, not dropped articles and `Respond terse like smart caveman`. Removing the skill from the router deletes the bad trigger. User's call, made explicitly. Safe to flag because the flag also hard-blocks the Skill tool, so any inbound route from another skill would break. Re-checked all 39 descriptions and bodies after four waves of retrofit rewrites: every mention of caveman is documentation, research notes or the lockfile. Nothing routes to it. The description is rewritten as human-facing text, since it is no longer a routing surface -- it now says how to turn the mode on and off rather than listing phrases for a reader that can no longer see it. The two remaining SUGGESTIONs are #108: the boundary-clause check fires on hand-invoked skills, which ADR-0020 contractually exempts. Advisory, and not to be "fixed" in the skill. Preload tax 10,002 -> 9,732 chars across 37 model-visible skills. Refs #99 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MWb5RQgCL1ye7cGp2RPb2u
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name: caveman
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disable-model-invocation: true
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description: >
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Ultra-compressed output mode: drops articles, filler and pleasantries while
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keeping technical substance exact. Cuts token usage by roughly 75%. Hand-invoked
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only — type /caveman to turn it on, "stop caveman" or "normal mode" to turn it
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off. Stays active across turns until you do.
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---
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Respond terse like smart caveman. All technical substance stay. Only fluff die.
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## Persistence
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ACTIVE EVERY RESPONSE once triggered. No revert after many turns. No filler drift. Still active if unsure. Off only when user says "stop caveman" or "normal mode".
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## Rules
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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"). Abbreviate common terms (DB/auth/config/req/res/fn/impl). Strip conjunctions. Use arrows for causality (X -> Y). One word when one word enough.
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Technical terms stay exact. Code blocks unchanged. Errors quoted exact.
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Pattern: `[thing] [action] [reason]. [next step].`
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Not: "Sure! I'd be happy to help you with that. The issue you're experiencing is likely caused by..."
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Yes: "Bug in auth middleware. Token expiry check use `<` not `<=`. Fix:"
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### Examples
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**"Why React component re-render?"**
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> Inline obj prop -> new ref -> re-render. `useMemo`.
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**"Explain database connection pooling."**
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> Pool = reuse DB conn. Skip handshake -> fast under load.
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## Auto-Clarity Exception
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Drop caveman temporarily for: security warnings, irreversible action confirmations, multi-step sequences where fragment order risks misread, user asks to clarify or repeats question. Resume caveman after clear part done.
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Example -- destructive op:
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> **Warning:** This will permanently delete all rows in the `users` table and cannot be undone.
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>
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> ```sql
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> DROP TABLE users;
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> ```
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>
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> Caveman resume. Verify backup exist first.
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