Model Profiles

Model profiles are presets that map model tiers to agent roles, letting you balance cost and quality with a single setting.

Built-in Profiles

Profile	Supervisor	Workers	High-tier Agents	Use Case
`quality`	high	default	high	Complex tasks, important work
`balanced`	default	low	high	Daily use, good tradeoff
`budget`	low	low	default	Cost-sensitive, simple tasks

Set the default profile in .env:

MODEL_PROFILE=balanced

Switch profiles during a conversation:

/profile              # show current profile
/profile quality      # switch to quality
/profile budget       # switch to budget

The change takes effect on the next agent invocation.

Each tier resolves to a model from your .env:

HIGH_TIER_MODEL=claude-opus-4-5-20250929
DEFAULT_MODEL=claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
LOW_TIER_MODEL=claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

So with the balanced profile:

Change the active model directly:

/model claude-opus-4-5-20250929

This overrides the profile for the current session.