Claude Inline Tools Beta: What Actually Ships (2026)
September 28, 2026
Claude's inline tools beta adds tools mid-conversation without busting the prompt cache. I traced exactly when each SDK shipped it, wire format included.
Claude's inline tools beta adds tools mid-conversation without busting the prompt cache. I traced exactly when each SDK shipped it, wire format included.
DeepSeek open-sourced its agent harness under MIT and it passed 161,000 GitHub stars in six days, then raised API prices right where agent loops hurt most.
Add Claude prompt caching in TypeScript with cache_control: measure cache_read_input_tokens, cut API costs ~89%, and avoid the silent minimum-token cache miss.