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model-routing from yeaight7/agent-powerups is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add yeaight7/agent-powerups/model-routing@git:20260606.e6694c9

Pins git:20260606.e6694c9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
yeaight7/agent-powerups
Path
skills/model-routing/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20260606.e6694c9, committed Jun 6, 2026
First version recorded
May 3, 2026
Size
3,812 bytes
Repository stars
7
License
Apache-2.0

Use when selecting a model for a new task or subagent, deciding whether to escalate after a failed attempt, or designing a multi-agent pipeline with mixed task complexity.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Model Routing

Choose the right model tier before starting a task. Overusing a capable model wastes cost and context. Underusing it produces lower quality on complex work.

## When to Use

- Selecting a model for a new task or subagent
- Deciding whether to escalate after a failed attempt
- Designing a multi-agent pipeline with mixed task complexity

## Tier Definitions (vendor-neutral)

| Tier | Typical examples | Task profile |
|------|-----------------|--------------|
| **Fast** | Haiku, GPT-4o-mini, Gemini Flash | Mechanical, deterministic, narrow |
| **Standard** | Sonnet, GPT-4o, Gemini Pro | General implementation and review |
| **Deep** | Opus, o1, Gemini Ultra | Architecture, security, root-cause, release |

Use your provider's current recommended model for each tier. Do not hard-code model IDs in documentation or scripts; reference tiers instead.

## Routing Table

### Fast tier

Use when ALL of:
- Single file or single operation
- Output is deterministic (rename, format, classify, generate boilerplate)
- No ambiguity in the task description
- Low blast radius on failure (easy to retry or revert)
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add yeaight7/agent-powerups/model-routing@sha256:a7870fb7421eb420

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260606.e6694c9, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between May 3, 2026 and Jun 6, 2026, about one every 17 days.

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  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3812 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

yeaight7/agent-powerups · 7 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-09-27 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qypujhid5wgzmyii
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=yeaight7/agent-powerups/model-routing
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a7870fb7421eb420c907ab5e2d2e04c2e18c029bbe2671d38cc2fed8b7037948

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