Optimizing Agent Costs: Use a Lightweight Classifier Before Expensive Agents
hwchase17 · x · 2026-08-14
Addressing the issue of high token consumption in agents, a cost-optimization strategy is proposed: first use a lightweight classifier step to determine if the request is worth running. Only if specific criteria are met, the more expensive agent is invoked.
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