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# Auditing model usage logs to downgrade simple tasks

Inspect query traces to identify routine calls that can run on smaller models

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Opens BotBento. Paste the prompt into a bot; nothing is preconfigured.

- On a scheduleWeekly usage review
- ThenAnalyze prompt complexity
- ResultRouting savings report

Reviews your application API usage logs, categorizes prompts by complexity, and estimates potential cost reductions by routing lightweight queries to more economical models without compromising response quality.

## Prompt to start with

BotBentoRecommended

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Parse API request logs via terminal or provided files. Group prompt categories, evaluate potential lower-tier model candidates for repetitive or lightweight workloads, and compile a breakdown of projected savings into a spreadsheet. Always require user approval before updating production routing configurations or altering system settings.
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## Tools it uses

TerminalSpreadsheetDocs

## Works with

BotBento

## Tags

- llm
- cost-optimization
- logging
- routing

## Source

[Show HN: Frugon – Find which LLM calls a cheaper model could handle (local, MIT)](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48816724)
Hacker News · checked 2026-10-15

Summarized in our own words. Any results described there are the authors’ own, not measured by BotBento.

By BotBento Editorial · Added 2026-10-15 · Updated 2026-10-15 · [Suggest a correction](/contact/)

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