"Caveman" Skill File Forces Coding Agents to Shut Up and Code
socialwithaayan · x · 2026-07-05
A skill file named caveman has garnered 83,700 stars on GitHub. It forces AI coding agents to adopt minimalist, telegraphic outputs by stripping out pleasantries, explanations, and filler, retaining only critical information like code, commands, and file paths. Its core philosophy is "shut up and code," which significantly reduces token waste and lowers API costs.
More from coding & agent
- GPT-6 Astra beats Factorio with enemies in 44 in-game hours at ~$4,500 API cost — liminal_bardo · 2026-09-11
- Investment Analyst Asks How to Build a Claude-Based Diligence Agent Stack — Careless_Tie2286 · 2026-09-11
- How Do You Catch Behavioral Regressions in LLM Agents Between Releases? — Beautiful_Belt_601 · 2026-09-11
- Treating agents like 50 First Dates: a 3-layer context system so every conversation doesn't start from zero — evielync · 2026-09-11
- SmolVM open-sources persistent computer infrastructure for agents that outlive chat sessions — aniketmaurya · 2026-09-11
- ARRM targets silent economic regressions in AI agents that functional tests miss — Beautiful_Belt_601 · 2026-09-11