[indigodaddy]

What we need is an AI gateway/router that will actually first analyze the input tokens and then decide what model to use. If it's so simple that a dirt cheap qwen 3.5 flash or whatever will be fine, then it chooses that. If it deems we need GPT 5.6, then it uses that, etc. does anything like this already exist?

[jarodrh]

Yes they do, it's quite the popular topic atm. RouteLLM (OSS - frugon's savings bands are based on their research), OpenRouter's auto mode; I actually commented on a /show post not long ago: Wayfinder Router (neat project) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48704373 and more.

My stance on the router point is a config-led (deterministic) one, even if the eventual industry consensus is a hybrid of dynamic (AI-led) + deterministic. Both sides still require evals/evidence for policy creation, which is what frugon provides.