Pick the right model per call, not per project — route Opus/Sonnet/Haiku, GPT-5/4o/mini, Gemini Pro/Flash by task, and cut cost without losing quality. Use when the user is choosing model tiers, building a router, or debating Opus-only vs mixed-tier deployments and mentions model selection, model router, cascade, fallback, cheap-first, draft-then-verify, or asks "which model should I use?" / "do I need Opus for this?".
