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-name: cost-aware-llm-pipeline
-description: Cost optimization patterns for LLM API usage — model routing by task complexity, budget tracking, retry logic, and prompt caching.
-origin: ECC
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-
-# Cost-Aware LLM Pipeline
-
-Patterns for controlling LLM API costs while maintaining quality. Combines model routing, budget tracking, retry logic, and prompt caching into a composable pipeline.
-
-## When to Activate
-
-- Building applications that call LLM APIs (Claude, GPT, etc.)
-- Processing batches of items with varying complexity
-- Need to stay within a budget for API spend
-- Optimizing cost without sacrificing quality on complex tasks
-
-## Core Concepts
-
-### 1. Model Routing by Task Complexity
-
-Automatically select cheaper models for simple tasks, reserving expensive models for complex ones.
-
-```python
-MODEL_SONNET = "claude-sonnet-4-6"
-MODEL_HAIKU = "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001"
-
-_SONNET_TEXT_THRESHOLD = 10_000  # chars
-_SONNET_ITEM_THRESHOLD = 30     # items
-
-def select_model(
-    text_length: int,
-    item_count: int,
-    force_model: str | None = None,
-) -> str:
-    """Select model based on task complexity."""
-    if force_model is not None:
-        return force_model
-    if text_length >= _SONNET_TEXT_THRESHOLD or item_count >= _SONNET_ITEM_THRESHOLD:
-        return MODEL_SONNET  # Complex task
-    return MODEL_HAIKU  # Simple task (3-4x cheaper)
-```
-
-### 2. Immutable Cost Tracking
-
-Track cumulative spend with frozen dataclasses. Each API call returns a new tracker — never mutates state.
-
-```python
-from dataclasses import dataclass
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
-class CostRecord:
-    model: str
-    input_tokens: int
-    output_tokens: int
-    cost_usd: float
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
-class CostTracker:
-    budget_limit: float = 1.00
-    records: tuple[CostRecord, ...] = ()
-
-    def add(self, record: CostRecord) -> "CostTracker":
-        """Return new tracker with added record (never mutates self)."""
-        return CostTracker(
-            budget_limit=self.budget_limit,
-            records=(*self.records, record),
-        )
-
-    @property
-    def total_cost(self) -> float:
-        return sum(r.cost_usd for r in self.records)
-
-    @property
-    def over_budget(self) -> bool:
-        return self.total_cost > self.budget_limit
-```
-
-### 3. Narrow Retry Logic
-
-Retry only on transient errors. Fail fast on authentication or bad request errors.
-
-```python
-from anthropic import (
-    APIConnectionError,
-    InternalServerError,
-    RateLimitError,
-)
-
-_RETRYABLE_ERRORS = (APIConnectionError, RateLimitError, InternalServerError)
-_MAX_RETRIES = 3
-
-def call_with_retry(func, *, max_retries: int = _MAX_RETRIES):
-    """Retry only on transient errors, fail fast on others."""
-    for attempt in range(max_retries):
-        try:
-            return func()
-        except _RETRYABLE_ERRORS:
-            if attempt == max_retries - 1:
-                raise
-            time.sleep(2 ** attempt)  # Exponential backoff
-    # AuthenticationError, BadRequestError etc. → raise immediately
-```
-
-### 4. Prompt Caching
-
-Cache long system prompts to avoid resending them on every request.
-
-```python
-messages = [
-    {
-        "role": "user",
-        "content": [
-            {
-                "type": "text",
-                "text": system_prompt,
-                "cache_control": {"type": "ephemeral"},  # Cache this
-            },
-            {
-                "type": "text",
-                "text": user_input,  # Variable part
-            },
-        ],
-    }
-]
-```
-
-## Composition
-
-Combine all four techniques in a single pipeline function:
-
-```python
-def process(text: str, config: Config, tracker: CostTracker) -> tuple[Result, CostTracker]:
-    # 1. Route model
-    model = select_model(len(text), estimated_items, config.force_model)
-
-    # 2. Check budget
-    if tracker.over_budget:
-        raise BudgetExceededError(tracker.total_cost, tracker.budget_limit)
-
-    # 3. Call with retry + caching
-    response = call_with_retry(lambda: client.messages.create(
-        model=model,
-        messages=build_cached_messages(system_prompt, text),
-    ))
-
-    # 4. Track cost (immutable)
-    record = CostRecord(model=model, input_tokens=..., output_tokens=..., cost_usd=...)
-    tracker = tracker.add(record)
-
-    return parse_result(response), tracker
-```
-
-## Pricing Reference (2025-2026)
-
-| Model | Input ($/1M tokens) | Output ($/1M tokens) | Relative Cost |
-|-------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------|
-| Haiku 4.5 | $0.80 | $4.00 | 1x |
-| Sonnet 4.6 | $3.00 | $15.00 | ~4x |
-| Opus 4.5 | $15.00 | $75.00 | ~19x |
-
-## Best Practices
-
-- **Start with the cheapest model** and only route to expensive models when complexity thresholds are met
-- **Set explicit budget limits** before processing batches — fail early rather than overspend
-- **Log model selection decisions** so you can tune thresholds based on real data
-- **Use prompt caching** for system prompts over 1024 tokens — saves both cost and latency
-- **Never retry on authentication or validation errors** — only transient failures (network, rate limit, server error)
-
-## Anti-Patterns to Avoid
-
-- Using the most expensive model for all requests regardless of complexity
-- Retrying on all errors (wastes budget on permanent failures)
-- Mutating cost tracking state (makes debugging and auditing difficult)
-- Hardcoding model names throughout the codebase (use constants or config)
-- Ignoring prompt caching for repetitive system prompts
-
-## When to Use
-
-- Any application calling Claude, OpenAI, or similar LLM APIs
-- Batch processing pipelines where cost adds up quickly
-- Multi-model architectures that need intelligent routing
-- Production systems that need budget guardrails