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Safe 78Fix Bugs with Focused, Verified Changes
by juliusbrussee
Broad fixes can introduce unrelated regressions and overwrite existing work. This skill traces each bug to its responsible layer and verifies a focused correction.
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Fix Bugs with Focused, Verified Changes
by juliusbrussee
Broad fixes can introduce unrelated regressions and overwrite existing work. This skill traces each bug to its responsible layer and verifies a focused correction.
Refactor Code Without Changing Behavior
by juliusbrussee
Structural code changes can introduce subtle regressions and expand scope. This skill defines behavior boundaries and brackets focused refactors with verification.
Plan Safe and Reversible Migrations
by juliusbrussee
Complex migrations can lose data or break compatibility during staged rollouts. This skill structures transitions around preservation, verification, rollback, and mixed-version safety.
Build Features Without Speculative Scope
by juliusbrussee
Feature work often grows beyond acceptance needs and weakens architectural ownership. Lean Build defines a narrow outcome, reuses repository patterns, and stops after focused verification.
Investigate Failures Before Editing Code
by juliusbrussee
Premature edits can hide causes and introduce new failures. This skill organizes evidence, ranks hypotheses, and identifies a credible mechanism before implementation.
Compress Memory Files Safely
by juliusbrussee
Long memory files consume context and make repeated AI sessions expensive. This skill compresses markdown and text memory files while preserving technical details, code, URLs, and structure.
Track Caveman Token Savings
by juliusbrussee
Claude Code users need reliable token receipts without asking the model to estimate usage. This skill documents a hook-based command that reports session tokens and estimated savings from the local log.
Write Concise Pull Request Review Comments
by juliusbrussee
Pull request reviews often become too wordy for quick action. This skill formats feedback as concise, paste-ready comments with location, problem, and fix.
Review Caveman Cloud Experiments Safely
by juliusbrussee
Experiment lifecycle decisions can be unsafe when evidence or server safeguards are incomplete. This skill reviews current results and recommends one supported action without executing mutations.
Evaluate Caveman Optimization Candidates
by juliusbrussee
Aggregate repository profiles do not identify a safe or valuable code change by themselves. This skill tests one approved candidate against a controlled baseline.
Reduce Agent Token Usage
by juliusbrussee
Large configuration files and repeated context increase token usage. This skill reviews Caveman reports and applies measured changes with individual approval.
Display Caveman Command Help
by juliusbrussee
Users may forget Caveman modes, triggers, and setup options. This skill displays a compact reference card without changing mode or saving state.
Explore Repositories with Precise Citations
by juliusbrussee
Finding relevant code across an unfamiliar repository can consume time and context. This skill searches broadly and returns concise, verified file and line citations.
Label LLM Workflows for Caveman Cloud
by juliusbrussee
Unlabeled LLM traffic hides which jobs create spend. This skill discovers repository workflows, proposes durable labels, applies approved changes, and verifies attribution.
Compress Project Memory Files
by juliusbrussee
Large project memory files consume tokens every time an AI coding session starts. This skill compresses prose memory files while preserving technical details and saving a readable backup.
Write Concise Commit Messages
by juliusbrussee
Verbose commits hide the reason for a change and slow review. This skill creates short Conventional Commit messages with context only when needed.
Compress Technical Replies With Caveman Mode
by juliusbrussee
Verbose answers can waste context and slow technical work. Caveman mode compresses explanations while keeping code, warnings, and technical meaning intact.
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Delegate Coding Tasks With Cavecrew
by juliusbrussee
Long coding sessions lose context when subagents return verbose results. Cavecrew guides Claude, Codex, and Claude Code toward compact investigator, builder, and reviewer agents.
Manage SOPS Secrets in Repositories
by jssblck
Encrypted repository secrets require careful commands, keys, and environment handling. This skill guides SOPS workflows through an existing pnpm secrets wrapper.
Ship Changes Through Pull Requests and CI
by jssblck
Finishing a change requires careful verification, commits, pull-request setup, and CI follow-through. This skill manages that workflow until every check passes.