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Token Optimization & Latency Reduction
Slashing API costs and TTFT (time-to-first-token) by eliminating fluff and structuring system instructions.
Sarah Jenkins•Promptdex Research
Every token in your system prompt is processed on every single API request. In high-volume systems, compacting a 2,000-token prompt into 450 tokens reduces latency by 40% and saves tens of thousands of dollars in cloud inferencing costs annually.