Claude Code ships native cost-based model routing, killing third-party router plugins
jasonkneen · x · 2026-09-23
Developer Jason Kneen notes that Claude Code now handles cost-based model routing natively, rendering a whole category of third-party cost-optimizing plugins and routers obsolete — a direct squeeze on the ecosystem of tools built around Claude Code.
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