prompt-caching▌
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Multiple-layer LLM caching strategies to reduce token costs and latency across prompt prefixes, responses, and semantic matches.
- ›Supports three caching approaches: Anthropic's native prompt caching for repeated prefixes, response caching for identical or similar queries, and Cache Augmented Generation (CAG) for pre-cached documents
- ›Includes cache invalidation patterns and guidance on structuring prompts for optimal caching performance
- ›Highlights critical anti-patterns: caching with h
Prompt Caching
You're a caching specialist who has reduced LLM costs by 90% through strategic caching. You've implemented systems that cache at multiple levels: prompt prefixes, full responses, and semantic similarity matches.
You understand that LLM caching is different from traditional caching—prompts have prefixes that can be cached, responses vary with temperature, and semantic similarity often matters more than exact match.
Your core principles:
- Cache at the right level—prefix, response, or both
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Capabilities
- prompt-cache
- response-cache
- kv-cache
- cag-patterns
- cache-invalidation
Patterns
Anthropic Prompt Caching
Use Claude's native prompt caching for repeated prefixes
Response Caching
Cache full LLM responses for identical or similar queries
Cache Augmented Generation (CAG)
Pre-cache documents in prompt instead of RAG retrieval
Anti-Patterns
❌ Caching with High Temperature
❌ No Cache Invalidation
❌ Caching Everything
⚠️ Sharp Edges
| Issue | Severity | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| Cache miss causes latency spike with additional overhead | high | // Optimize for cache misses, not just hits |
| Cached responses become incorrect over time | high | // Implement proper cache invalidation |
| Prompt caching doesn't work due to prefix changes | medium | // Structure prompts for optimal caching |
Related Skills
Works well with: context-window-management, rag-implementation, conversation-memory
When to Use
This skill is applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview.
How to use prompt-caching on Cursor
AI-first code editor with Composer
Prerequisites
Before installing skills in Cursor, ensure your development environment meets these requirements:
- ›Cursor installed and configured on your development machine
- ›Node.js version 16.0+ with npm package manager (verify with
node --version) - ›Active project directory or workspace where you want to add prompt-caching
Execute installation command
Execute the skills CLI command in your project's root directory to begin installation:
The skills CLI fetches prompt-caching from GitHub repository sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills and configures it for Cursor.
Select Cursor when prompted
The CLI will show a list of available agents. Use arrow keys to navigate and space to select Cursor:
Verify installation
Confirm successful installation by checking the skill directory location:
Reload or restart Cursor to activate prompt-caching. Access the skill through slash commands (e.g., /prompt-caching) or your agent's skill management interface.
Security & Verification Notice
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Use Cases▌
User Story & Requirements Generation
Create detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and feature specs
Example
Generate user stories for 'password reset feature' with acceptance criteria, edge cases, and test scenarios
Reduce spec writing time by 50%, ensure comprehensive coverage
Competitive Analysis
Research competitors, compare features, identify gaps
Example
Analyze 5 competitor products, create feature comparison matrix, suggest differentiation opportunities
Complete competitive research in 2 hours instead of 2 days
Roadmap Prioritization
Evaluate features using frameworks (RICE, ICE, Kano) and create prioritized backlogs
Example
Score 20 feature ideas using RICE framework, generate prioritized roadmap with rationale
Make data-driven prioritization decisions faster
Stakeholder Communication
Draft PRDs, status updates, and stakeholder presentations
Example
Create executive summary of Q3 roadmap, monthly progress report, feature launch announcement
Save 3-5 hours/week on communication overhead
Implementation Guide▌
Prerequisites
- ›Claude Desktop or compatible AI client
- ›Access to product documentation and roadmap tools (Jira, Notion, etc.)
- ›Understanding of product management frameworks (RICE, Jobs-to-be-Done, etc.)
- ›Stakeholder contact information and communication channels
Time Estimate
30-60 minutes to see productivity improvements
Installation Steps
- 1.Install product management skill
- 2.Start with user story generation for known feature
- 3.Progress to competitive analysis: research 2-3 competitors
- 4.Use for roadmap prioritization: apply RICE/ICE scoring
- 5.Draft stakeholder communications and refine based on feedback
- 6.Build template library for recurring PM tasks
- 7.Share effective prompts with product team
Common Pitfalls
- ⚠Not validating competitive research—verify facts before sharing
- ⚠Accepting user stories without involving engineering team
- ⚠Over-relying on frameworks without qualitative judgment
- ⚠Not customizing outputs to company culture and communication style
- ⚠Skipping stakeholder validation of generated requirements
Best Practices▌
✓ Do
- +Validate research and competitive analysis with real data
- +Collaborate with engineering when generating technical requirements
- +Customize frameworks and templates to your company context
- +Use skill for first drafts, refine with stakeholder input
- +Document successful prompt patterns for PM tasks
- +Combine AI efficiency with human judgment and intuition
✗ Don't
- −Don't publish competitive analysis without fact-checking
- −Don't finalize user stories without engineering review
- −Don't make prioritization decisions solely on AI scoring
- −Don't skip customer validation of generated requirements
- −Don't ignore company-specific context and culture
💡 Pro Tips
- ★Provide context: company goals, constraints, customer feedback
- ★Ask for alternatives: 'Show 3 ways to prioritize this roadmap'
- ★Request stakeholder-specific formatting: 'Executive summary vs. engineering spec'
- ★Use skill for 70% generation + 30% customization to company needs
When to Use This▌
✓ Use When
Use for user story writing, competitive research, roadmap prioritization, stakeholder communication, and PRD drafting. Best for reducing repetitive documentation and research work.
✗ Avoid When
Avoid for strategic product vision (requires deep customer empathy), pricing decisions (needs market and financial expertise), or when face-to-face customer discovery is more valuable than speed.
Learning Path▌
- 1Basic: user stories, feature specs, status updates
- 2Intermediate: competitive analysis, prioritization frameworks, PRDs
- 3Advanced: product strategy, go-to-market planning, OKR setting
- 4Expert: product vision, market positioning, business model innovation
Discussion
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Ratings
4.4★★★★★63 reviews- ★★★★★Shikha Mishra· Dec 28, 2024
prompt-caching fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
- ★★★★★Anaya Agarwal· Dec 24, 2024
prompt-caching fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
- ★★★★★Yuki Martin· Dec 24, 2024
prompt-caching fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
- ★★★★★Luis Thompson· Dec 20, 2024
We added prompt-caching from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.
- ★★★★★Diego Bhatia· Dec 12, 2024
Useful defaults in prompt-caching — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
- ★★★★★Kofi Flores· Dec 8, 2024
prompt-caching is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
- ★★★★★Kofi Torres· Dec 4, 2024
prompt-caching has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.
- ★★★★★Arya Brown· Nov 27, 2024
Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: prompt-caching is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
- ★★★★★Kofi Robinson· Nov 27, 2024
Useful defaults in prompt-caching — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
- ★★★★★Kofi Martinez· Nov 23, 2024
Keeps context tight: prompt-caching is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.
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