caveman

Stdlib-only Python client for Caveman gateway cooperation.

Distribution name: caveman-sdk. Import package: caveman_cloud. Registry publication remains release-gated; from this source directory install with:

python -m pip install -e .

import os
from caveman_cloud import Cave

cave = Cave(
    api_key=os.environ["CAVE_API_KEY"],
    base_url="http://127.0.0.1:8787",
    agent="support-agent",
)

result = cave.compress("large payload")
print(result.output, result.basis)  # basis is inferred

Main surfaces: provider clients, compress, deferred tool search, reversible checkpoints and artifacts, retry-loop interruption, runtime policy, and a stdlib-only OTLP/JSON exporter. Async jobs are reserved and fail locally with cave_async_jobs_unavailable; they send no request.

Requires Python 3.13 or newer. Package is MIT licensed. Connected calls need a Caveman gateway key; local Engine compression remains accountless and ships through the separate Caveman runtime.

See Python SDK documentation.