cost-routinglisted

Top-level dispatcher that classifies every incoming request into scout / coder / architect tiers BEFORE any tool call. Routes Read, Grep, Glob, file-search, symbol-lookup, "where is X", and "list files matching Y" to haiku-scout. Routes known-location Edit, Write, multi-file refactor, test authoring, and bounded code changes to sonnet-coder. Reserves the main opus context for ambiguous design questions, ADRs, and tradeoff analysis. Use whenever a request lands in the main context and might involve file IO, code search, code edits, or design reasoning — which is almost every turn.
The-Artificer-of-Ciphers-LLC/skills-from-the-artificer · ★ 1 · AI & Automation · score 74

Install: claude install-skill The-Artificer-of-Ciphers-LLC/skills-from-the-artificer

# Cost-Tier Routing The main context runs on opus. Every Read, Grep, Glob, and Edit invoked at this tier bills at opus rates. Most operations don't need opus reasoning — they need a model that can run a command and report a result. This skill is the dispatch gate that stops opus from doing work haiku or sonnet would complete just as correctly for a fraction of the cost. ## The three tiers | Tier | Model | Owns | Example requests | | ------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | **scout** | haiku | Read-only lookup, search, location | "Where is `Foo` defined?", "List files matching `*.test.ts`", "Count LOC in `src/`", "Read X and report Y" | | **coder** | sonnet | Bounded code changes at known locations | "Add a test for `parseDate`", "Refactor `auth.ts` to use the new client", "Rename `A` → `B` repo-wide" | | **architect** | opus | Ambiguous spec, tradeoff analysis, design | "Should we use Redux or Zustand?", "Draft an ADR for the auth rewrite", "Why is this architecture failing?" | ## The dispatch decision (run this first, every turn) Before reaching for any tool, run this classifier against the incoming request: 1. **Is the work entirely read / search / location?** → **scout**. Dispat