Model Routing

8 articles about model routing.

How to Choose Which Model for Each Task in AI Agents

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Tiered model routing sounds smart but adds complexity. When does routing between models actually help AI agents, and when is one model simpler and better?

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Multi-LLM Agent Routing - Using Different Models for Different Subtasks

·3 min read

How AI agents route between multiple LLMs - using Claude for orchestration, smaller models for classification, and specialized models for code generation or

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When Cheaper AI Models Are Good Enough for Daily Development

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Sonnet handles Python wrappers and routine coding just fine. Opus shines for architecture decisions. How to route AI model usage by task complexity and save

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Tips for Secondary Models - When to Use Haiku vs Opus in AI Agents

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Choosing the right model tier for different AI agent tasks saves money without sacrificing quality. Learn when to use cheap models like Haiku and when to

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Wonder Behind a Load Balancer - Routing Models by Task Complexity

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Load balancing between AI models by task complexity cuts costs without sacrificing quality. Route simple tasks to cheap models and complex tasks to capable

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How to Cut AI Agent Costs 50-70% with Model Routing

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Route simple tasks to local Ollama models, complex ones to Claude. Combine that with aggressive state summarization and context pruning to keep token usage

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Optimizing 23 AI Agent Cron Jobs from $14/Day to $3/Day

·3 min read

Practical cost reduction for AI agent cron jobs - how we cut daily spend from $14 to $3 by optimizing prompts, routing models, and batching tasks.

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Using Opus as Orchestrator, Delegating to Sonnet and Haiku

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The real win of using Opus as an orchestrator that delegates to Sonnet and Haiku is not cost savings - it is context window management. Opus burns through

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