My Hermes Journey: smart-routing tiers that save 10 hours and $40
Set this as your Smart routing default (using OpenRouter): Tier 1 Hermes (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite) for clear mechanical multi-file work. Tier 2 Sonnet for ambiguous, delicate, high-risk tasks. Tier 3 Minimax for low-overhead. Run the minimax-cache-optimization skill. Seriously, do this from day one and you'll save about 10 hours of trial and error.
— u/hackrepair, 2026-04-15, via Reddit.