Match the request.
Consider the work, the tools it requires, and the models in your allowed pool.
Solutions / Intelligent model routing
Better model choices.
Built into your stack.
Match the work to an eligible model. Account for tools, context, cache state, and quality before making a switch.
Caveman Router + Cloud · routing in development
The model you trust becomes the model you use for everything.
Model lock-in
has a running cost.
01 / Change the decision, not your whole stack
Price the transition.
A lower token price can lose to cache rebuilding. Evaluate the switch in the context of the session.
Keep your quality bar.
Only compare qualified candidates. When a switch is unsupported, retaining the baseline is a valid result.
02 / See why a route wins
The cheapest model
may be the wrong answer.
Price is part of the decision. Change the tool and cache requirements in this example to see why a candidate qualifies—or gets held back.
Route decision labIllustrative policy
Change the requestCheap is only
Cheap is only
the first question.
Turn the constraints on and off. Watch which route remains eligible.
S
Small modelTool capability missing
—M
Current modelCompatible · session continuity
L
Frontier modelCompatible · higher cost
—Small model excluded: required tool capability is missing.
Illustrative routing policy. Real decisions depend on configured capabilities, quality evidence, prices, context limits, and session economics.
03 / Protect the work in progress
{
query: string,
limit: number
}Arguments validatedTool-aware admission.
A candidate must support the required tool and output formats before it gets ranked.
Context carried forward
Reuse eligible cached context
Session-aware economics.
Preserve valuable cached context when a switch does not justify rebuilding it.
Quality
Cost
PolicyPending
Evidence before promotion.
Keep quality and policy checks between a candidate route and production traffic.
04 / A rollout you can reason about
Prove the route.
Then give it traffic.
Inspect each stage. Every promotion has a purpose, and production keeps a baseline to return to.
Capture representative traffic before proposing a change.
Stage preview05 / One part of a bigger picture
Route intelligently.
See what changed.
Router makes the choice. Platform keeps the cost, usage, and routing record in view. A route report should explain the change—including a decision to leave traffic where it was.
Provider / model / effort
Treat the complete model action as the route identity.
Baseline / candidate / outcome
Keep the comparison explicit, with an explanation for rejected alternatives.
Inferred / verified
Keep modeled opportunity separate from provider-causal savings.
Make every token count.
Make the model
choice count.
Go deeper into cache-aware routing, capability gates, and the economics of a completed task.