Stop sending every AI coding request to the expensive model

Source: Dev.to

AI coding tools are powerful. But they’re also wasteful. A tiny helper-function question does not need Claude Sonnet. A huge architecture review probably does. That gap costs money. So I built Badgr Auto. It’s a local OpenAI-compatible proxy that routes each AI coding request to the cheapest model that can handle it. Point your coding tool at: http://localhost:8787/v1 Badgr Auto can route between: So instead of paying premium prices for every request, you can use: It also tracks: The goal is simple: First launch is small: AI coding is only going to get more expensive if every agent step goes to the top model. Badgr Auto is my attempt to make AI coding cheaper without making it worse.