unc 🦥

writes less code, says less, ships more.

Makes your agent write less and say less. One install.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/0ss/unc/main/install.sh | bash

Restart your agent. Done. Works with anything that reads a rule and lets a hook log a turn — Claude, Codex, Cursor, Gemini.

the loadout

three tools that already work (unc installs them, never vendors them — they stay fresh) + one rule + one honest benchmark:

tool	cuts	by
ponytail	code you write	@DietrichGebert
caveman	output tokens	@JuliusBrussee
codedb	context in	@justrach

the rule (injected every turn, silent): ponytail + caveman + codedb, always. the benchmark: a Stop hook logs real output tokens + git churn per turn. no phone-home, the file is yours.

the receipt

unc stats --share

   🦥  unc wrapped   estimate

   280k   output tokens saved   ~$4.20

   output   ██████░░░░  -65% caveman
   code     █████░░░░░  -54% ponytail est
   context  ██████████  codedb 12 queries · ~18k not read

   34 turns · trust me bro · github.com/0ss/unc

Warm truecolor in a real terminal. The number is always derived from your real logged usage — an empty log shows nothing, and the card always wears its tier so an estimate can never masquerade as proof.

honest by design

The number comes from your real logs — never a made-up baseline. Until you run unc off a few times it's a labeled estimate (trust me bro), and the card always says which. Full formulas + sources: METHODOLOGY.md.

use it

unc is a shell command, not something you type at your agent:

unc stats          # numbers + honest savings
unc stats --share  # the receipt card
unc on | off       # toggle the rule
unc status         # one-liner, for a statusline
unc uninstall      # remove unc (keeps your log)

what it touches (and easy off)

unc is hooks + a CLI, not a skill you add inside Claude. The installer edits your global ~/.claude/settings.json to register three hooks, drops them in ~/.claude/hooks/, and puts unc on your PATH. That's it. Opting out is layered and easy:

unc off              # pause the rule (reversible; unc on to resume)
unc uninstall        # remove hooks + cli, keep your log
unc uninstall --purge  # also delete ~/.unc

dev

bash tests/test.sh

MIT. built on ponytail, caveman, codedb — go star those.