Pick Your Tools
operate-models-in-claude-code · decision
Aim
Learn to select the optimal AI model on cost versus capability, benchmarking prompts across models, to produce a model budget plan for your trailer.
In one line
Choose the right image or video model by testing cost against capability.
Stage run
| # | Stage | Type | Aim | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pick Your Tools | arcade | Guess real API costs from usage descriptions | |
| 2 | Models & Cost | dossier | ||
| 3 | Model–Cost Grid | workbench | Learn to match each trailer job to the cheapest model that can do it, to spend a real budget well, in the context of choosing which AI tool makes each part of your trailer. | |
| 4 | Model Budget Plan | larp | Which model do you actually pay for — and can you prove the cheap one isn't good enough? | 70 |
Evidence artefact
Model Lab Notebook (task × model × cost × verdict + recommendation)