Anthropic’s new Files API vs. pasting: It will save you time, but it won’t save you money.
The New Stack Jessica Wachtel
Anthropic moved its Files API and computer-use tools out of beta and tested using Files API uploads versus repeatedly pasting reference text and using prompt caching for the same support-bot workload. Prompt caching cut billed input to about a third of pasting across 5 requests, while Files API added about 125 more input tokens than pasting. Files API primarily saves setup time, whereas prompt caching is what reduces cost (and the best option is using both when both needs apply).
Why it matters
Anthropic moved the Files API and computer-use toolset out of beta on August 19 and launched a browser-use toolset. It The post Anthropic’s new Files API vs. pasting: It will save you time, but it won’t save you money. appeared first on The New Stack.
