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🪨 why use many token when few token do trick — Claude Code skill that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like caveman

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A Claude Code skill that makes the model write in a terse 'caveman' style, which the author claims cuts token usage by about 65%. It ships as prompt/skill files including AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, and GEMINI.md.

You want to reduce LLM token consumption in coding-agent sessions by constraining output style.

Use it to

  • Install as a Claude Code skill
  • Drop the shipped md files into a project
  • Cut token spend on agent responses
  • Experiment with prompt-based compression

For Developers using Claude Code or similar coding agents

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Go
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2026-09-15
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v1.0.0 · 2026-04-04
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