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Selection guide / Utilities

Know the job.
Choose the tool.

Use one lead skill for the main task. Add a specialist only when it owns a separate phase.

Utilities and Agent Tools

Discover, create, and install

  • $find-skills: search for a capability that is not installed yet.
  • $skill-creator: create or improve a Codex skill.
  • $skill-installer: install a Codex skill from a curated source or repository.
  • $plugin-creator: scaffold or update a Codex plugin. Usually selected only when plugin work is explicit.

System helpers

  • $openai-docs: current, cited guidance for OpenAI products and APIs.
  • $screenshot: capture the desktop or an application window.
  • $review-agent: a system-managed read-only reviewer normally delegated by another workflow.
  • $full-output-enforcement: request exhaustive output when completeness matters more than brevity.

Delegation and compressed communication

  • $cavecrew: decide when to delegate to compressed specialist subagents.
  • $caveman: intentionally terse communication mode.
  • $caveman-review: extremely compressed code-review comments.
  • $caveman-commit: compact Conventional Commit messages.
  • $caveman-compress: compress a memory or instruction file while retaining a readable backup.
  • $caveman-stats: inspect actual token usage and estimated savings.
  • $caveman-help: display the Caveman command reference.

These utilities modify how work is routed or communicated; they generally should not replace the domain skill that owns the task.