Why not include proficency bonus on monsters’ stat blocks?

If you use your action to do a non-spell action, could you use your bonus to cast a cantrip?

What is a “spellcaster”?

Can you concentrate on a spell whose active effects are on an other plane of existence?

Does invisibility count as “total cover”?

Is Commander’s Strike melee only?

Shillelagh + Polearm Master: damage with a staff still be a d4 or would it be a d8?