My context optimizer was what broke my prompt cache
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I spent weeks chasing the wrong theory about why my agent was expensive. The theory was the obvious one: expensive context means large context. So I built what seemed like the right fix — a routine that re-scored the tool set on every turn and sent only the tools relevant to that particular message…
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- 2026-09-15 17:31 · DEV Community — AI
My context optimizer was what broke my prompt cache