What is caveman-compress?
caveman-compress is a Claude skill by juliusbrussee. It is listed under Other and has 391,600 installs.
| Type | Claude skill |
|---|---|
| Author | juliusbrussee |
| Repository | juliusbrussee/caveman |
| Popularity | 391,600 installs |
| Category | Other |
| Security | Low risk (92/100) |
| Rank | #72 of 1,262 Claude skills; #5 in Other |
| SKILL.md length | 114 lines |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-17 |
| Stars this week | +2,277 |
Is caveman-compress safe to install?
caveman-compress scores 92/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 7 of 9 checks.
Skill results come from a static scan of its SKILL.md for instruction overrides, hidden actions, risky commands and credential access.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No instruction-override phrases | Pass |
| No hidden actions | Pass |
| No pipe-to-shell installers | Pass |
| No obfuscated code | Pass |
| No destructive commands | Pass |
| Reads keys or credentials | Note |
| No network requests | Pass |
| No shell commands | Pass |
| Installs packages | Note |
What the scan matched
- credentials:
.env - package install:
npm install - scripts:
scripts/compress.py
How do I install caveman-compress?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/juliusbrussee/caveman --skill caveman-compress
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/juliusbrussee/caveman cp -r caveman/skills/caveman-compress ~/.claude/skills/caveman-compress
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the caveman-compress skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs caveman-compress for you:
Install the "caveman-compress" skill from https://github.com/juliusbrussee/caveman/tree/main/skills/caveman-compress into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.
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