Stop sending every AI coding request to the expensive model

AI coding tools are powerful.

But they’re also wasteful.

A tiny helper-function question does not need Claude Sonnet.

A huge architecture review probably does.

That gap costs money.

So I built Badgr Auto.

It’s a local OpenAI-compatible proxy that routes each AI coding request to the cheapest model that can handle it.

Point your coding tool at:

http://localhost:8787/v1

Badgr Auto can route between:

local models

cheaper OSS cloud models

premium models

So instead of paying premium prices for every request, you can use:

local for small tasks

OSS cloud for normal coding work

premium only when it actually matters

It also tracks:

actual cloud spend

which route was used

fallback events

tokens safely removed

estimated savings vs premium models

The goal is simple:

stop wasting premium tokens on cheap tasks.

First launch is small:

small task → local

normal task → cheaper cloud

hard task → premium

provider fails → fallback

duplicate code → safely removed

receipts → clear spend trail

AI coding is only going to get more expensive if every agent step goes to the top model.

Badgr Auto is my attempt to make AI coding cheaper without making it worse.