Strengths, weaknesses, and routing heuristics for each model in the orchestration pool.
- Alias:
gpt5 - Model ID:
gpt-5.4 - Cost tier: $$$
- Strengths:
- Deep structured analysis with chain-of-thought reasoning
- Finding issues, scoring, categorizing problems
- Comprehensive critiques with specific line-level references
- Weaknesses:
- Can over-compress when rewriting (tends to cut data tables)
- May smooth over nuance in creative tasks
- Default role: Primary analyst
- Route here for: Analysis, structured critique, scoring, identifying problems
- Alias:
opus - Model ID:
claude-opus-4-6 - Cost tier: $$$
- Strengths:
- Deep analytical reasoning and counter-analysis
- Challenging assumptions — finds what other models miss
- Precise multi-constraint instruction following
- Complete, lossless rewrites preserving all data
- Long-context comprehension
- Weaknesses:
- Higher cost per token
- Can be overly thorough when brevity is needed
- Default role: Counter-analyst and implementer
- Route here for: Counter-analysis, implementation, tasks requiring precision
- Alias:
sonnet - Model ID:
claude-sonnet-4-20250514 - Cost tier: $$
- Strengths:
- Same instruction-following quality as Opus, faster and cheaper
- Good for medium-complexity analysis and review
- Weaknesses:
- Less depth on deeply analytical tasks compared to Opus
- Default role: Available on request
- Route here for: Claude-quality analysis when Opus cost isn't warranted
- Alias:
gpt4o - Model ID:
gpt-4o - Cost tier: $$
- Strengths:
- Fast response times
- Fluent prose and creative rewriting
- Weaknesses:
- Aggressively over-compresses when rewriting
- Less precise on multi-constraint tasks than GPT-5.4
- Default role: Available on request (superseded by GPT-5.4)
- Route here for: Quick creative tasks, or when GPT-5.4 is unavailable
- Alias:
gemini - Model ID:
gemini-2.0-pro - Cost tier: $
- Strengths:
- Massive context window (1M tokens) — compare large documents side by side
- Good at cross-referencing and spotting inconsistencies
- Cost-effective for validation and comparison
- Weaknesses:
- Less nuanced on creative writing
- Shorter max output (8K) limits complex generation
- Default role: Available for validation and second opinions
- Route here for: Comparing versions, regression detection, third perspective
- Add to
DEFAULT_MODELSinscripts/orchestrate.py. - Optionally add to
~/.claude/llm-config.json(seereferences/config-setup.md). - Add a profile section here following the format above (Alias, Model ID, Cost tier, Strengths, Weaknesses, Default role, Route here for).
- Run
python scripts/orchestrate.py checkto verify.