Context Windows, Caching, and Reliability

Domain 5 of the Claude Certified Architect Foundations blueprint, from an independent study guide not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic: persistent fact blocks, prompt caching layout, escalation triggers, structured error propagation, confidence calibration, and claim-source provenance in multi-agent pipelines.

3 sections ยท 8 lessons

Course outline

Context That Survives

  1. The Persistent Case Facts Block
  2. Where Findings Sit and What Tools Return
  3. Statelessness and the Cacheable Prefix
  4. Degradation Is an Attention Problem
  5. Triage a Claims Agent Context Budget

Escalation and Failure

  1. Three Triggers Worth Escalating On
  2. Error Context a Coordinator Can Act On
  3. The Outage That Looked Like an Empty Account

Calibration and Provenance

  1. Aggregate Accuracy Hides the Segment
  2. Provenance That Survives Synthesis
  3. Approve or Hold the Extraction Rollout

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