Claude subagents cut triage costs by routing only implementation to stronger models
AlexKim · x · 2026-07-23
The author says the economics now match the work.
Triage runs on every heartbeat, so it uses the cheapest model. Implementation only runs when a labeled issue reaches the front of the queue, so it uses a stronger model.
The old setup paid Opus prices even for label routing; this version eliminates that waste by separating routing from execution.
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