The best subagent for Claude?
A user on reddit.com expressed concern over high token spend with Fable and Astra, both on $200 plans. They questioned if Sonnet remained a viable sub-agent for Claude, concluding it was a "horrible choice." The user invited feedback on any errors found, acknowledging budget constraints might delay immediate retesting.
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- 09/07, 19:22 UTC+0
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- 09/08, 03:00 UTC+0
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I'm horrified by my Fable and Astra token spend (I'm subscribed to $200 plans for each one). Therefore, the question I asked myself was whether Sonnet still holds up as a good sub-agent? Apparently, it's a horrible choice.
- Fable is the best money can buy and the fastest from the good ones (see interactive graph with many more angles)
I wish I had benchmarkrs for Astra medium and high, but I'm done here . I've already spent too much on these runs. If you want, you can replicate my task. It's a chat testing/improvement job for a prototype I'm creating; I've described it here and opened the code .
One caveat: if you decide to replicate it, you should rerun my tests too, because I ran them through my full private repository. Running the isolated code wouldn't be exactly apples to apples.
If you find the errors, please let me know; I'll do better in the future. However, I don't guarantee I will retest immediately, for the budget concerns.