How to Reduce Claude Code Token Usage with Caveman: A Complete Setup Guide
If you use Claude Code regularly, you've probably noticed one problem: Claude can be too verbose. For a simple task like: Fix the authentication bug. Claude may explain the issue, describe its plan, provide progress updates, and finish with a long summary - even when you only need the result. That's where Caveman comes in. Caveman is an open-source skill/plugin that makes AI coding agents communicate more concisely while preserving important technical information such as code, commands, file paths, and errors . Instead of: I've identified the issue with the authentication middleware. I'll update the implementation and run the relevant tests." You get something closer to: Auth middleware issue. Fix implementation. Run tests. Same work. Fewer unnecessary words. Why Use Caveman? A Claude Code session can involve prompts, repository context, files, tool results, conversation history, and model responses. As the session grows, so does the context. Caveman primarily he...