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Prompt caching reduces static context costs.

Cached prompt tokens cost $0.30/MTok vs…Cached prompt tokens cost $0.30/MTok vs $3.00/MTok uncached on Claude 3.5 Sonnet — a 90% reduction on repeated system instructions.

Context & Methodology

Without prompt caching, enterprise pipelines re-tokenise and re-bill the same system prompt across thousands of requests, paying 10x more for identical static context.

Applicable Use Cases

analysis

Applies To

anthropic

Primary Impact

cost

Confidence Level

High

Platform Status

Built

Implementation Effort

medium

Recommendation

follow

Execution Priority

P1

Put This Evidence to Work

Use the STCO framework to implement findings like this in structured, testable prompts.

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