Caveman Internal Protocol

Scope

IN-scope (compress)

• Artifact summaries written to .cavekit/artifacts/
• Context bundles between tasks (.cavekit/context-bundles/)
• Review notes and gap lists (non-user-facing)
• state.md notes: field and loop-log.md entries
• Status-block body (dashboard injected by the stop hook)
• Inter-agent handoff memos

OUT-of-scope (never compress)

• Source code (any language, any file)
• Git commit messages and PR descriptions
• Kits (specs), build sites, DESIGN.md
• Error messages that a human will act on
• Security warnings and deprecation notices
• Structured findings tables (P0/P1/P2/P3, coverage matrices)