Overview › 6Topologies › a.Escalating

Escalating

Escalate from cheap to capable models. 1 optimization.

i.

Oracle-worker multi-model

Let a cheap model do the work and call an expensive one only when a trigger fires: a cascade escalates when the cheap answer looks unreliable or fails a check, a router picks the model before the call, and an advisor tool lets a cheap agent consult a stronger model mid-task.

Better governanceMixed qualityMixed costMixed performance

Tier 4 · restructuring · changes model · any agent · 6 sources, 5 measured

See also

9.c.iii

Audit a verifier-gated cascade against a gold sample the verifier never sees

When a cheap model's outputs are accepted or escalated by a verifier, measure true error on a small gold-labeled sample outside the verifier: metrics measured through the verifier showed about 3% error while true error was 14-32%.

Verification › Sizing verification
Better qualityHigher cost

Tier 4 · restructuring · changes control flow, model · any agent · 13 sources, 13 measured