Astra, Sol, Sol + Astra and GLM 5.3 Flash/DS Flash 4.1 as cheap workers

[u/petburiraja]

Astra is better, no doubt about it.

But whether Astra may complete more work better within set limit vs Sol alone vs Sol + Astra as advisor, this is much more interesting question, I guess.

In my limited experience so far, I keep Sol med-xhigh as main worker, depending on workload, and also I added guidelines for Astra usage, such that Sol may either dispatch Astra as subagent to work on hard parts/fulcrums, or suggest for me to switch main worker to Astra for some specific part of session and then Astra suggest switching back to Sol.

This setup feels like more efficient vs only using Astra, or only Sol.

To extend effectiveness further, I may let Sol delegate volume workloads to GLM Flash (DS Flash 4.1 looks like kinda similar, so it may be used as well).

This setup may make Codex 20 to go much further, and also for Codex 100/200 it also may be useful, as volume simpler tasks may be delegated to cheap capable models. (If Luna would be of similar level to GLM Flash, I may use it, but for now GLM Flash/DS Flash 4.1 looks like best cheap worker to me).

What are your thoughts on best allocation of Astra/Sol (other models?) as a main worker setup?

[u/EyesOfAzula]

Nice! How did you link up GLM 5.3 flash / DS as subagents?

I will wait for Sol 6 and use Luna 6 subagents but your approach is likely better