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Offloading coding-agent admin decisions to Jev to cut cost
The author argues Opus 5.5 shouldn't spend tokens on which file to open, which test to run or whether to retry, and says routing that admin work to Jev gives the same results at a third of the bill.
CyrilXBT
@cyrilXBTArchived 12 days agoOriginally posted 2026.10.17
CyrilXBT @cyrilXBTOriginally posted 2026.10.17
Your coding agent is a surgeon doing the paperwork. Opus 5.5 is brilliant. And you're paying it to decide which file to open. Which test to run. Whether to retry. That's not surgery. That's admin. Give the admin to Jev. Keep the surgeon in surgery. Same results. A third of the bill. Full architecture below 👇
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