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Pair Anthropic’s Files API with prompt caching or your margins suffer
◆ 90RelevanceOn a story from The New Stack1mo ago
The Files API is a developer convenience tool, not an automatic cost-saver for document-heavy workflows. You must explicitly implement prompt caching to see a return on investment, otherwise your token spend may actually increase.
Takeaways
- Files API simplifies document handling but offers no inherent token discounts.
- Prompt caching is the only way to lower costs for repeated document context.
- Migrating to the Files API without caching will likely increase your billing.
Read the original at thenewstack.io
Anthropic’s new Files API vs. pasting: It will save you time, but it won’t save you money.
fmode.me/n/anthropics-new-files-api-vs-pasting-it-will-save-you-time-but-it-wont-save-you-money
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