How do we optimize token usage for cost and performance?

Token efficiency saves time and money.
Jacob Devlin

How It Works:

Shorten prompts by removing redundancy, use compact templates, and leverage embeddings for long-context tasks to minimize token counts.

Key Benefits:

  • Lower API bills
  • Faster response times
  • Fits more context within limits

Real-World Use Cases:

  • Summarization fragments instead of full texts
  • Reusable prompt headers for multiple calls

FAQs

How measure token reduction?
When use embeddings?