models
Show or change which model each frugal agent runs on, per project.
Skill by ThomasLangbroek
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models- Description
- Show or change which model each frugal agent runs on, per project. Use when the user wants to see the current tier-to-model mapping, move an agent to a different model (e.g. scout to sonnet), or reset overrides. Triggers on "frugal models", "change router models", "which model does scout use".
- License
- MIT
- Instructions
- 51 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
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SKILL.md (first lines)
# Frugal model overrides Manage the per-project model mapping for frugal's agents. Defaults live in each agent's frontmatter (`agents/*.md` under the plugin root); overrides live in the project's `.claude/routing-overrides.md`, which the routing policy reads first. Overrides work because the Agent tool accepts a `model` parameter per spawn - no plugin files are ever edited. Valid agents: `scout`, `extractor`, `mechanic`, `builder`, `sage`. Valid models: `haiku`, `sonnet`, `opus`, `fable`. ## No arguments: show the mapping 1. Read each agent's default from the `model:` frontmatter line in `<plugin-root>/agents/*.md` (plugin root is two directories up from this skill's base directory). 2. Read the "Model overrides" section of `.claude/routing-overrides.md` if it exists. 3. Show one table: agent, default, override (or "-"), effective model. Nothing else. ## Arguments like `scout=sonnet builder=opus` 1. Validate every pair against the lists above. Invalid agent or model: reject with the valid options, change nothing. 2. Create or update the managed section in `.claude/routing-overrides.md` (create the file if missing, keep any unmanaged content above it intact): ```markdown ## Model overrides (managed by /frugal:models) | Agent | Model | |---|---| | scout | sonnet | When spawning a frugal agent listed above, pass its listed model as the Agent tool's `model` parameter. ``` 3. Merge with existing overrides: new pairs win, unmentioned pairs stay. 4. Setting an agent to its default removes its row. Empty table: remove the whole section. 5. Confirm with the resulting mapping table and apply it immediately to any spawns later in this session. ## Argument `reset` Remove the managed section. If the file is then empty, delete the file. Show the default mapping.
From ThomasLangbroek/frugal, MIT.
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- 38
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- 5
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- 1
- Last commit (this folder)
- Jul 9, 2026 (3 months ago)
- Last release
- Oct 6, 2026 (25 days ago)
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- MIT
- Repository
- github.com/ThomasLangbroek/frugal
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
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models skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/thomaslangbroek-models (last updated 2026-10-24)