Using your smartest AI model for every single task isn't just overkill—it’s a financial leak. Most developers are still burning through their API credits by forcing Claude 3 Opus to handle basic tool calls and summaries that a model a fraction of its price could do in its sleep.

In this episode, we’re breaking down Anthropic’s new Advisor Strategy. It’s a complete shift from "pick the best model" to "design the best task." We explore how the Claude Messages API now allows for a tag-team approach where a "worker" model (like Sonnet or Haiku) handles the heavy lifting and only calls in the "advisor" (Opus) when the reasoning gets gritty. The result? Higher performance benchmarks with a 12% drop in cost.

We’ll talk about:

• The Advisor Breakthrough: ...