# Google tests a cheap classifier for routing coding tasks across Gemini models

> Original title: Cost per task: Using cheap classifiers to route across Gemini models and thinking levels

- Source: Google Developers Blog
- Published: 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/yc14nvggw2z7tart5s4agk9dp
- Original: https://developers.googleblog.com/cost-per-task-using-cheap-classifiers-to-route-across-gemini-models-and-thinking-levels/

## Summary

Google Developers Blog tested a lightweight classifier, Jev from TypeSafe, to route 50 coding-agent tasks between Gemini models. Jev solved all 50 tasks by sending simple ones to Flash-Lite and escalating hard ones to Gemini 3.8 Flash on low thinking, matching the 50 of 50 result of Flash on low thinking alone. The post says a token output cap does not reduce thinking on easy tasks, so cost per successful task matters more than price per token.