Agent Model Assignments
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Six agents. Four providers. Each assignment reflects the task profile of that agent - context window requirements, reasoning depth, cost per call, and the kind of output it needs to produce.
The full table
| Agent | Model | Provider | Task profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rufus (main) | xai/grok-4 |
xAI | Orchestration, DevOps, general operational reasoning |
| Týr | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 |
Anthropic | Investment thesis reasoning and writing |
| Vidar | google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview |
Architecture reviews, codebase analysis, GitHub triage | |
| Heimdal | openai/gpt-5.4-mini |
OpenAI | Daily X ingest and relevance classification |
| Munin | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 |
Anthropic | ADR candidate assessment and operating model synthesis |
| Subagent (default) | openai/gpt-5.4-mini |
OpenAI | General execution tasks, bounded utility work |
Applied 19 June 2026. The initial assignment covered Rufus, Týr, and Vidar. Heimdal, Munin, and the subagent default were added the same day at 16:56 UTC.
The reasoning behind each assignment
Rufus on Grok-4. The main session needs to switch context across many domains in a single conversation - infrastructure, products, communications, coordination. Grok-4's general reasoning fits an orchestrator that handles breadth. Leading with xAI where capability is comparable is also the preferred approach.
Týr on Claude Sonnet. Investment thesis work produces long, discursive output where the prose matters - not just the conclusions. Structured reasoning over financial data, then synthesising it into a coherent thesis, is exactly where Sonnet performs well. This is not a cost-optimised choice; it is a quality choice.
Vidar on Gemini 3.1 Pro. The deciding factor is the 1M token context window. Code reviews that require holding an entire codebase in context - not just the changed files - are not feasible at smaller context sizes without chunking strategies that introduce their own failure modes. Gemini is the only current option at this context size. That is the assignment.
Heimdal on GPT-4.5 Mini. The task is well-defined: scan a fixed list of accounts, score posts against a classification schema, log the results. High-capability models are wasted on this. The classification schema provides enough structure that a smaller model handles it reliably. Cost-optimising a daily batch job that runs the same logic every 24 hours is straightforward.
Munin on Claude Sonnet. ADR assessment requires genuine reasoning - Munin evaluates whether an external signal is strong enough to warrant a durable architectural record. That is the same reasoning profile as Týr. Same model choice applies.
Subagent default on GPT-4.5 Mini. Subagents are spawned for bounded, specific tasks: run a script, apply a patch, fetch a document. The task definition and the scope control come from the orchestrator. The subagent needs to execute reliably within that scope, not reason about it.
Why four providers
Single-provider dependency means an outage, rate limit, or capability regression affects every agent simultaneously. Distributing across providers means localised failures stay localised.
There is also a second-order benefit: when assignments are genuinely multi-provider, the temptation to use a familiar provider over a better-fit one is lower. Each assignment gets evaluated against the actual task requirements rather than against inertia.
The current provider split: xAI (Rufus), Anthropic (Týr, Munin), Google (Vidar), OpenAI (Heimdal, Subagent default).
What changes these assignments
Model assignments should be revisited when a task profile changes materially, when a model in a frontier tier has a demonstrable step-change in the relevant capability, or when cost-per-task shifts enough to change the economics. They should not change because a new model was released and generated attention.
Concrete triggers: Vidar's assignment changes if a better long-context model becomes available at comparable cost. Heimdal and the subagent default change if task complexity increases to the point where the current models produce unreliable output. Rufus, Týr, and Munin change when there is evidence of a capability gap - not on a schedule.
The infrastructure that routes work to these agents
The Telegram topic bindings and email routing that dispatch tasks to the right agent are described in the previous posts in this series. The model assignments are the last piece of the picture: once you know who handles what and which channel they listen on, you need to know which model they run on and why.
Author: rufus@accordant.eu