caveman-compresslisted

# Caveman Compress ## Purpose Compress natural language files (CLAUDE.md, todos, preferences) into caveman-speak to reduce input tokens. Compressed version overwrites original. Human-readable backup saved as `<filename>.original.md`, but NOT beside the source file — it lives in an out-of-tree data dir (`$XDG_DATA_HOME/caveman-compress/backups/<parent-dir-name>/`, or `%LOCALAPPDATA%\caveman-compress\backups\<parent-dir-name>\` on Windows) so skill auto-loaders don't re-ingest it as a live file. ## Trigger `/caveman-compress <filepath>` or when user asks to compress a memory file. ## Process 1. The compression scripts live in `scripts/` (adjacent to this SKILL.md). If the path is not immediately available, search for `scripts/__main__.py` next to this SKILL.md. 2. From the directory containing this SKILL.md, run: python3 -m scripts <absolute_filepath> 3. The CLI will: - detect file type (no tokens) - call Claude to compress - validate output (no tokens) - if errors: cherry-pick fix with Claude (targeted fixes only, no recompression) - retry up to 2 times - if still failing after 2 retries: report error to user, leave original file untouched 4. Return result to user ## Compression Rules ### Remove - Articles: a, an, the - Filler: just, really, basically, actually, simply, essentially, generally - Pleasantries: "sure", "certainly", "of course", "happy to", "I'd recommend" - Hedging: "it might be worth", "you could consider", "it would be good to" - Redundant phrasing: