holy sh*t. this is the cheapest way to run opus right now

holy sh*t. this is the cheapest way to run opus right now and it's jev + opus 5.5... i still can't understand why this pair isn't everyone's default yet this one page has the map everyone needs: which forks to take off opus ↓ opus does the thinking, jev makes the calls, your code owns the thresholds: 1 → notes: a Score picks which project notes load. every token loaded gets re-read on every later turn 2 → worker: a Choice sends the easy steps (a rename, a dependency bump) to a faster model 3 → recovery: a Choice picks retry once, switch tools or ask, instead of retrying blind 4 → checks: a Score runs the tests that touch the diff first. the full suite still runs before merge 5 → split: a sharp answer runs in code. only a split goes to opus, 0.52 vs 0.46 10,000 forks a day: $110 all on opus, $4.22 with jev in front. don't rewrite your agent. move the one fork it hits most and watch the bill for a week. if opus still gets more than a few forks out of a hundred, your thresholds are too strict.