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To avoid burning through valuable Fable tokens before the price increase, tell Fable to hand off smaller tasks to other models, letting it use its own judgement about which model to use.
Jesse Vincent's tip: have Fable judge when a task is small enough to route to a cheaper model, saving tokens ahead of an upcoming price rise. ✦ AI generated
Jesse Vincent · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-07-03 · original ↗
Jesse Vincent just gave me a related tip to help avoid burning too many of those valuable Fable tokens in the few days we have left before the prices go up. Tell Fable to use other models for smaller tasks, applying its own judgement about which model to use.
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- ·Jesse Vincent's tip ahead of Fable price increase
- ·Route smaller tasks to other, cheaper models
- ·Let Fable use its own judgement on model choice
- ·Goal: avoid burning valuable Fable tokens
- ·Tell Fable to use other models for smaller tasks
- ·Fable applies its own judgement on model choice
- ·Saves Fable tokens for tasks that need them
- ·Timed to the last days before prices rise
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