name: compute-ladder
version: 1.0.0
description: >
Model selection by provider health, not task complexity.
Tier 0 (local) handles most tasks. Paid models are break-glass only.
Fallbacks activate on 429 or timeout — never on perceived task difficulty.
Compute Ladder
Tier Definitions
Tier 0 — Local (never dies, zero cost)
ollama/qwen3-coder:latest primary, MoE, 128 TPS, 64k ctx
ollama/gpt-oss:20b fallback, 32k ctx HARD LIMIT
Tier 1 — Fast Free Cloud (up to 2100 TPS)
cerebras/qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 235B MoE, fast free
cerebras/llama3.1-8b 8B, ultra-fast light tasks
Tier 2 — Free Cloud (normal latency)
openrouter/z-ai/glm-4.5-air
openrouter/qwen/qwen3-coder
Tier 3 — Free Cloud Deep Reasoning
openrouter/nousresearch/hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b:free
Tier 4 — Break-Glass (paid, restricted use)
openrouter/anthropic/claude-opus-4.6 [narco-check and audit ONLY]