astra-advisor: open-source tool lets GPT-6 Astra delegate to smaller models and cut API costs
daniel_mac8 · x · 2026-09-05
Developer danielmac8 released astra-advisor, a free open-source tool that boosts GPT-6 Astra by letting it delegate bounded subtasks to smaller, cheaper models.
Highlights:
- Dynamically picks the model and reasoning effort for each subtask
- Shows you which model is handling what
- Estimates API cost savings from delegation
Available on GitHub as a Codex plugin implementing capability-routed software delivery.
Related event: astra-advisor Delegates Subtasks from GPT-6 Astra to Smaller Models(3 posts)→
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