Writing to the cache is more expensive than a request with caching disabled. So it only makes economic sense to do it when you know you're going to use the cach

Writing to the cache is more expensive than a request with caching disabled. So it only makes economic sense to do it when you know you're going to use the cached results. See https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/build-with-claude/prompt-caching#pricing https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/build-with-claude/prompt-cac...