A Jev that can ask Opus for help gives Opus accuracy at 4x lower cost

Re:A Jev that can ask Opus for help gives Opus accuracy at 4... by jeef_berky on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:04PM (#50399701)

My goal was/is to have a local model as a "stable" part of the system, or at least a part of it that you have full control over, and have it reach out to the cloud for some Opus. In practice, to get results, I operate as you say.

At this point if I could do anything with zero effort or time, I would get Opus 5.5 to make a grand scheme, handoff to the local model, and give it ability to reach out to Opus again.

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Re:A Jev that can ask Opus for help gives Opus accuracy at 4... by sixdimensional on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:57PM (#50401204)

I do something like this by using old rule-based bot tech as the first layer you hit, and if it hits any situation it does not understand deterministically, it shells out for help to an external "smarter" agent.

That way you can do old school intent matching and rule-based bots that work super well, and only shell out for deeper work.

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