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Anthropic engineer Thariq Shihipar disclosed that Claude Code treats cache hit rate drops as production incidents — the entire product architecture was designed around prompt caching constraints. Plan Mode exists as callable functions (not tool permission toggles) specifically to avoid breaking the cached prefix. Tool Search uses lightweight stubs with defer_loading flags. Cached reads cost $0.30/M tokens (10% of standard $3.00/M). This is the most significant "how the product is actually built" disclosure from Anthropic, revealing that cost optimization drives Claude Code's design as much as capability does. Implicator.ai | Simon Willison
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