Using Jev for routing cuts a Claude bill from $180 to $19 a day
Code handles deterministic rules, Jev uses a $0.04 model to decide which tasks are worth escalating, and Claude handles only the remaining ~10% of judgment calls, bringing the daily bill from $180 to $19.
YOUR CLAUDE BILL ISN’T A MODEL PROBLEM. it’s an admission-control problem. most agent workflows wake Claude up before deciding whether the task deserves Claude at all. the cleaner stack: code: → calculates the deterministic parts → enforces hard rules → rejects impossible states Jev: → decides what is worth escalating → makes that routing call with a $0.04 model → passes only the hard ~10% forward Claude: → reads less → handles the judgment → stays out of routine checks in the reported breakdown: 10,000 checks/day ~$180 → ~$19 same stream in the breakthrough isn’t a cheaper answer. it’s refusing to pay Claude to read questions the system could eliminate first. code sets the boundaries. Jev protects the context. Claude does the thinking. build the gate before you buy more intelligence. full build below ↓
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