What it requires. A large or high-effort model configured for a task that is lookup or formatting, where a smaller model is equivalent.
Why it matters. Retrieval earns no reasoning budget; judgement does. Where an action is fetching or reformatting, a larger model costs more per call and returns nothing extra. With actions metered individually the difference is measurable rather than theoretical. The template's own type says which shape it is.
How to fix it. Move lookup and formatting templates to the smaller model and keep the larger one where a verdict is being formed.
Source. Our LLM budget ruling; Salesforce Flex Credits metering
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