Cut agent costs: tiered model routing via OpenRouter, per-task accounting
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-11-15
Part 7 of Greg Isenberg's 49-point guide on cost control: route models through OpenRouter so strong models plan and check while cheap models handle bulk work; cut token spend with techniques like Caveman (shorter outputs, leaner tool returns); keep sensitive data on-device with local models; track cost per task and kill anything where cost exceeds return — agent value is per-task economics, not task count.
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