Use when deciding WHICH free or cheap agent model to route a piece of work to (e.g. MiniMax M3 Free, NVIDIA Nemotron, GLM, GPT-5 Nano, or another OpenCode Zen free-tier model), what each is good at, where its quality ceiling sits, and when to escalate the same work to a frontier model instead. Covers cost-routing: matching deterministic/mechanical/high-volume work to the cheapest model that clears its bar, and the hard rule that quality-creating and quality-judging work never goes to a free/cheap model. Do NOT use for choosing or operating the OpenCode runtime itself (use opencode), for authoring the agent loop (use autonomous-loop-patterns), or for GitHub Copilot premium-request budgeting (use github-copilot).
Install with
Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI
Supported by the Atlas install prompt. Skill-specific requirements vary.
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About this skill
Use when deciding WHICH free or cheap agent model to route a piece of work to (e.g. MiniMax M3 Free, NVIDIA Nemotron, GLM, GPT-5 Nano, or another OpenCode Zen free-tier model), what each is good at, where its quality ceiling sits, and when to escalate the same work to a frontier model instead. Covers cost-routing: matching deterministic/mechanical/high-volume work to the cheapest model that clears its bar, and the hard rule that quality-creating and quality-judging work never goes to a free/cheap model. Do NOT use for choosing or operating the OpenCode runtime itself (use opencode), for authoring the agent loop (use autonomous-loop-patterns), or for GitHub Copilot premium-request budgeting (use github-copilot).
Quick start
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Use when deciding WHICH free or cheap agent model to route a piece of work to (e.g. MiniMax M3 Free, NVIDIA Nemotron, GLM, GPT-5 Nano, or another OpenCode Zen free-tier model), what each is good at, where its quality ceiling sits, and when to escalate the same work to a frontier model instead. Covers cost-routing: matching deterministic/mechanical/high-volume work to the cheapest model that clears its bar, and the hard rule that quality-creating and quality-judging work never goes to a free/cheap model. Do NOT use for choosing or operating the OpenCode runtime itself (use `opencode`), for authoring the agent loop (use `autonomous-loop-patterns`), or for GitHub Copilot premium-request budgeting (use `github-copilot`).
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Category
General
Reported license
CC-BY-4.0
Listing language (estimated)
English
Review status
Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.