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Cutting your AI API bill without cutting quality

Find the calls that cost the most, then work through five levers in order: shorter prompts, smaller models, caching, batch jobs and caps, with a quality check before and after each change.

Playbook · 18 min · Members

What's inside
  • Step 1: find the calls that cost the most
  • Step 2: build a quality set before you change anything
  • Step 3: work through the levers in order
  • The before/after measurement routine
  • Worked example
  • Common mistakes

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