LLM Cost Reduction Coaching

90 Day Courses That Will Help You Reduce LLM Costs

Five agent-led 90 day coaching programs, each improving your knowledge so you can confidently implement LLM cost optimization strategies while using Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and other AI models. Each course can be presented and personalized by your agent. Take the LLM Cost Personality Assessment to unlock your coaching program. You'll receive access to the most relevant courses for you based on your assessment results.

Assessment Unlocks Courses
01 — Agent-Led Course

Cache Coach

An often invisible, but powerful, tool for reducing LLM costs is the prompt cache. This course will educate you about the benefits of caching, how it works, and how to structure your LLM interactions to use the cache, no matter what interface you're using (CLI, API or Web).

  • Learn what prompt caching is and how it can reduce LLM costs
  • Understand how to construct prompts to maximize cache utilization
  • Build an understanding of how to manage long sessions to prevent context rot, while maximizing cache use
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Cache Coach
02 — Agent-Led Course

Model Coach

Many people default to the most powerful and expensive LLM model for all tasks. This habit is understandable. Many don't trust the cheapest LLM models to perform well. Learn tips and tricks for selecting the right model for the task and understand when a task truly needs the most powerful model.

  • Understand model capability
  • Learn how to test the limits of different models to understand their strengths and weaknesses
  • Determine when a task truly needs the most powerful model, and how to maximize the what you can get out of less expensive models
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Model Coach
03 — Agent-Led Course

Retry Coach

Many accept LLM retries as a fact of life. A model makes an error, you retry the task. However, every retry has a cost. Not just in money, but in LLM performance degradation, time wasted, and stunted momentum. Fortunately, retries can be prevented with proper communication, better task planning and LLM mistake prevention.

  • Understand the cost of LLM retries
  • Learn strategies for preventing retries through improved prompt construction and pre-task planning
  • Discover techniques for identifying and addressing the root causes of LLM mistakes
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Retry Coach
04 — Agent-Led Course

Prompt Engineer Coach

A lot has been said about effective prompting over the years. Despite this, some people write prompts that are incomplete, unclear and non-optimized. Also, as LLMs become more powerful, the prompting strategies that worked in 2025 are now ineffective. In this course you'll learn the discipline of building prompts that are effective, well-structured, and outcome-focused so the model gets the task right the first time.

  • Understand the principles of high-impact prompting
  • Learn the discpline of effective prompt construction and the differences in how to prompt effectively for frontier and lower-capability models
  • Practice habits that will help you write high-quality prompts by default
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Prompt Engineer Coach
05 — Agent-Led Course

Token Economics Coach

Tokens are the lifeblood of the LLM economy, but many may not understand what they are and how they work. It may surprise some that the word 'tokens' actually refers to range of diverse token types. Learn what tokens actually are, how they are constructed and which ones have an out-sized impact on your LLM bill.

Note: The Token Economics Coach is included in every post-assessment course package.

  • Learn how tokens are created and the various token types
  • Understand how to calculate token expenditures, and strategies for optimizing token usage.'
  • Recognize 'hidden' tokens that can silently inflate LLM costs
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Token Economics Coach