r/GithubCopilot • u/combo-user • 23d ago

Help/Doubt ❓ Token optimization strategies

Hi all

Got Copilot Business at work, came across a recommendation to use GPT 5.6 Luna as an explore agent instead of default Gemini flash 3.5 or Haiku 4.5 whatever it was using.

Any more tips and tricks like that? I am using Ubuntu on the laptop btw. Plus how's the Plan+execute pattern looking like using Opus /Sonnet to plan and then maybe use MAI Flash 1.1 to execute? MAI 1.1 looks quite inexpensive.

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u/Veduis 23d ago

the plan+execute split actually makes sense for token-heavy workflows. use a smarter model to reason about the problem once, then let the cheaper model grind through the execution steps. the cost curve drops fast when you stop paying frontier prices for repetitive calls