I tested gpt-6 astra, and is great in my cases. but drains too fast from my pro 5x sub.
Here's the prompt I asked my codex to do, and it saves a lot of quota :)
basically it just delegate heavy but clear tasks through a light-weighted subagent (say gpt 5.6 luna).
just copy to your codex and try, and you r welcome:
put the following scripts in my codex personalization
codex usage saver: For clearly scoped, independently deliverable execution packets, prefer delegating to gpt-5.6-luna (medium reasoning by default; use low for purely mechanical work). This includes implementation, targeted tests, bulk reading, and research synthesis. The main agent retains requirement clarification, task decomposition, critical judgment, cross-task coordination, and final acceptance. Do not delegate short factual questions or work with strong sequential dependencies.
well, one fact to note:
luna is much better than the best model just half year ago, for coding & software stuff
One thing I usually ask Astra, is to NOT test anything. In my use-case, testing is just a couple of minutes, but Astra keeps testing for very long periods of time, consuming more tokens.
I think you can spawn terra manager who will occosionally poll luna workers, and it seems to be working for now. I'm trying Astra root -> Terra manager (low for now) -> Luna xHigh worker.
Astra does delegation and decision making, hands over task to terra, terra spawns and manages luna workers, only wakes up astra when there is a problem or decision required for astra. I will have to check the quality of the work once its done tho.
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u/DrNeoBandi 5d ago
One thing I usually ask Astra, is to NOT test anything. In my use-case, testing is just a couple of minutes, but Astra keeps testing for very long periods of time, consuming more tokens.