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Thinking, Effort, Models and Cost
M.R. Sterling
Claude Advanced · Sheet 07
Thinking, Effort, Models and CostAdvanced
The model menu and what each costs, the five-level effort dial and how adaptive thinking works, and why length is a separate control. Then cutting the bill: prompt caching, the Batch API, lower effort, and a token trap.
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The model menu, and what each costs
The effort dial
Thinking is adaptive now
Choosing a level
When Claude overthinks
Guiding the thinking
Length is a separate dial
Prompt caching
The Batch API
Cutting a bill, in order
Tools, extras and a token trap
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