fix(ai): layer prompt cache breakpoints (#38725)

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@ -207,7 +207,9 @@ Prompt caching is **on by default**. Every `LLMRequest` resolves to `cache: "aut
### Auto placement
`"auto"` places three breakpoints — last tool definition, last system part, latest user message. The last-user-message boundary is the load-bearing detail: in a tool-use loop, a single user turn expands into many assistant/tool round-trips, all sharing that prefix. Caching at that boundary lets every intra-turn API call hit.
`"auto"` places up to four breakpoints — the last tool definition, the first system part, the last system part when distinct, and the final message boundary. These expose successively larger reusable prefixes for tools, the base agent, project instructions, and the active conversation. The rolling final-message boundary is the load-bearing detail in tool loops: it advances on every request so the previous cache entry stays within Anthropic's 20-block lookback.
Tools precede every system and conversation block in the provider prefix, so tool definitions must remain byte-stable and deterministically ordered for downstream breakpoints to remain reusable.
The math justifies the default: Anthropic's 5-minute cache write is 1.25× base, read is 0.1×, so a single reuse within 5 minutes already wins. One-shot completions below the per-model minimum-cacheable-token threshold silently no-op on the wire, so the worst case is harmless.
@ -235,7 +237,7 @@ cache: {
### Manual hints
Inline `CacheHint` on any text / system / tool / tool-result part overrides automatic placement. The auto policy preserves manual hints; it only fills gaps.
Inline `CacheHint` on any text / system / tool / tool-result part overrides automatic placement. The auto policy preserves manual hints, counts them against Anthropic and Bedrock's four-breakpoint limit, and only fills the remaining slots.
```ts
LLM.request({
@ -251,8 +253,8 @@ LLM.request({
| Protocol | `cache: "auto"` |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Anthropic Messages | emits up to 3 `cache_control` markers (4-breakpoint cap enforced) |
| Bedrock Converse | emits up to 3 `cachePoint` blocks (4-breakpoint cap enforced) |
| Anthropic Messages | emits up to 4 `cache_control` markers (4-breakpoint cap enforced) |
| Bedrock Converse | emits up to 4 `cachePoint` blocks (4-breakpoint cap enforced) |
| OpenAI Chat / Responses | no-op (implicit caching above 1024 tokens) |
| Gemini | no-op (implicit caching on 2.5+; explicit `CachedContent` is out-of-band) |