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JuliusBrussee/caveman: ๐Ÿชจ why use many token when few token do trick โ€” Claude Code skill that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like caveman

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Claude Code skill cuts 65% tokens via prompt optimization

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why use many token when few do trick Your AI coding agent bills by the word and writes like it knows that. Caveman make it stop. Brain still big. Mouth small. Bill small. See it ยท Install ยท Numbers ยท Skill ยท Proxy ยท Wrap ยท Docs ยท Privacy ยท License Same diagnosis. Same fix. Same useMemo. The only thing that died was the throat-clearing. Code, commands, file paths, and exact error messages never get cavemanned. Only the prose around them does. โ”Œโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ” โ”‚ output tokens saved (skill) โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ 65% โ”‚ โ”‚ input tokens saved (proxy) โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘

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