Cutting AI API Costs
A Practical Primer on Batch API & Prompt Caching — Cut Your Anthropic Bill by Up to 95%
What You’ll Learn:
✅ The 30-second mental model for the AI cost-lever stack
✅ How prompt caching works — when to use it, and the exact pricing math
✅ The Message Batches API — 50% off input and output, with sample code
✅ Stacking caching + Batch for up to 95% off on eligible workloads
✅ The “traffic cop” model-routing pattern (Haiku / Sonnet / Opus)
✅ A four-step action plan you can run this week
