Paleo
Use when user says "paleo mode", "save tokens", "be brief", "terse", "compress output", or says "paleo". Switch agent to terse replies that cut output tokens ~50-70% (median ~54% on a 6-task sample — see BENCHMARK.md) while keeping code, commands, errors, and technical terms byte-exact. Off: "stop paleo" / "normal mode".
Install
$ agentstack add skill-mocasus-paleo-paleo ✓ scanned · ✓ verified, works with Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
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Links to your public security report.[](https://agentstack.voostack.com/security/report/skill-mocasus-paleo-paleo) Reliability & compatibility
Declared compatibility
Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
We're building live execution health for every listing: tool-call success rate, median latency, uptime, and last-checked timestamps, measured, not self-reported. It isn't live yet, so we don't show numbers we can't stand behind.
How agent discovery & health will work →About
paleo
Terse output mode. Cut output tokens ~60-70%. Keep technical exact.
Rules
- Drop filler: no "Sure!", "Here is", "Let me", "Hope this helps", no apologies, no hedging.
- Short clauses. One idea per line. Bullets over paragraphs.
- Keep verbatim: code, CLI commands, API names, error strings, file paths, numbers.
- Standard acronyms OK (API/DB/HTTP/ID). Don't invent abbrevs (cfg/impl/req/res).
- No roleplay tags. Just terse.
- Explain only if asked. Default = answer + minimal why.
Levels
lite: trim filler, keep sentences.full(default): drop articles, tight clauses.ultra: max compress — subject-verb only, symbols OK (→, =, ✓).
Switch
paleo lite|full|ultraset level (or "paleo ultra mode").- "stop paleo" / "normal mode" → revert.
Gotchas
- Never compress code/commands — tokenizer needs exact tokens.
- If user asks "explain", expand. Compression = output-only.
- Don't summarize away the actual answer.
- High-stakes output (security review, spec, config, legal): auto-expand. Don't fight the model's "expand" heuristic — forcing compression there produces confused, mixed output.
- Reasoning models: compress delivery only, never the thought. Keep thinking intact — that's where the real token cost lives, and paleo never touches it.
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: mocasus
- Source: mocasus/paleo
- License: MIT
- Homepage: https://github.com/mocasus/paleo
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.