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Re:Claude Code sends 33k tokens before reading the prompt; O... by NiloCK on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @11:48AM (#48908658)
A const prompt across all of Anthropic's subscribers could draw from a global cache rather than per-user?

Although saying that out loud makes me question it - each per-user chat and growing cache would need eventually to own its own ~contiguous memory block.

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Re:Claude Code sends 33k tokens before reading the prompt; O... by mixermachine on Thursday July 16, 2026 @09:46AM (#48934512)
If there are no changes to the system message, yes this is possible and also likely done by Anthropic. When there are additional local MCPs, reusability will be lower.

I think that Anthropic will bill you in any case :D

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