# Write Concise Technical Replies in Classical Chinese

Verbose technical replies can slow reading for people comfortable with Classical Chinese. Megacave applies concise Classical Chinese phrasing while preserving technical details and clear safety explanations.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add juliusbrussee/megacave
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: juliusbrussee-megacave
- Skillstore revision: r1
- Version status: missing
- Tree hash: 03f7372a514d646dfb04c6bfcac41ccb9e1b56beddb2090044437be36895aaab
- Author: juliusbrussee
- GitHub username: juliusbrussee
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/juliusbrussee/caveman/tree/aeb45e2f787c0757a8af383a291a280cb6aeb4c1/skills/megacave
- Ref: 38c2032d9c994f040745f35e98d3f24904b417cc
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: allowed
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: filesystem, external\_commands
- Quality score: 77
- Quality tier: bronze
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/juliusbrussee-megacave
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/juliusbrussee-megacave/manifest

## Capabilities

- Directs chat replies into Classical Chinese with recoverable subjects omitted and classical particles connecting clauses.
- Preserves code, commands, paths, API names, error strings, negations, numbers, and units without translation.
- Maintains the response style until the user requests stop caveman or normal mode.
- Uses plain Chinese or the user language for ambiguous clauses, confusion, security warnings, and irreversible-action confirmation.
- Limits tool narration to short lines before and after runs, with exceptions for safety and harness requirements.
- Excludes persisted artifacts from style compression, except for the named caveman-compress exception.

## Use Cases

- Read compact debugging explanations: Receive concise Classical Chinese explanations while keeping API names, errors, and numeric details unchanged.
- Reduce narration during tool workflows: Keep tool-run updates short while retaining clear warnings and confirmation requests for irreversible actions.
- Compare technical writing styles: Explore Classical Chinese phrasing for technical concepts without translating identifiers or changing saved documents.

## Prompt Templates

### Explain a simple concept

```
/megacave Explain why a connection pool reuses open connections.
```

### Explain a rendering issue

```
/megacave Explain why new object references can cause repeated rendering and when useMemo can help. Keep identifiers unchanged.
```

### Summarize supplied diagnostics

```
/megacave Summarize these diagnostics: [paste diagnostics]. Preserve errors, paths, numbers, units, and negations. Use plain language for ambiguous clauses.
```

### Separate chat style from deliverables

```
/megacave Review this proposed change: [paste change]. Keep chat concise, write persisted artifacts normally, and explain security concerns fully before irreversible actions.
```

## Limitations

- The skill provides response instructions, not an executable translator or a guaranteed enforcement mechanism.
- Readers need familiarity with Classical Chinese; unclear clauses should use plain language.
- Shorter displayed text does not guarantee lower token usage or lower costs.
- Status reporting and command aliases depend on the host integration; this package contains no hook implementation.

## Best Practices

- Activate the style explicitly and request normal mode when readability suffers.
- Check that identifiers, negations, numbers, and units remain unchanged.
- Keep security warnings, irreversible-action confirmations, and persisted artifacts in clear, ordinary language.

## Anti Patterns

- Treating shorter displayed replies as guaranteed token or cost savings.
- Translating API names, commands, paths, or errors to match the Classical Chinese style.
- Compressing ambiguous instructions, security warnings, or saved documents into terse Classical Chinese.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-10-03T12:57:09.268\+00:00
- Summary: All six static findings are false positives: a relative documentation link and Markdown inline formatting do not execute commands or access files. No evidence found of prompt injection, credential access, or data exfiltration in the two reviewed files. The skill defines an explicit response style with safety and irreversible-action exceptions.

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