Model Configuration

The Right Model
for Every Job.

Not every task needs the same model. Kaidera gives you granular control over which model each AI worker uses by role, task type, and provider configuration. The catalogue can include frontier reasoning models, efficient models, coding models, vision, voice, embeddings, and managed or isolated deployments as your organisation enables them.

Docs companion

Read the model capability docs.

The docs page defines the public dynamic catalog boundary: what model capability data can be shown and what remains admin-only.

The One-Model Problem

Most platforms pick one model for everything. That's wrong in two directions at once.

The Expensive Problem

Using the most expensive frontier model for every task — including updating a comment in a doc file, writing a changelog entry, or running a code review on 5 lines of CSS. You're paying premium prices for zero-value premium reasoning.

premium model for routine work = waste
The Cheap Problem

Using the fastest efficient model for everything — including architecture decisions, security review, and data model design. You get fast, cheap answers that are subtly wrong in ways that cost you weeks to fix.

efficient model for strategy = false economy

The solution isn't one model. It's the right model for each task — automatically.

Per-Worker Model Assignment

Assign the best model for each AI worker based on role. Per-worker model assignment is based on what each AI worker is best at. We're constantly evaluating models — including vision models, voice models, embeddings, and open-weight models — and update our recommendations as the landscape evolves. Admins choose what is enabled for the organisation.

Per-Worker Model Assignment
primary + fallback
K
Keith
CPO
gpt-5.2fallbackclaude-opus-4.1
Architecture · Specs
P
PROMI
Orchestrator
claude-sonnet-4fallbackgpt-5-mini
Orchestration
S
Sophi
Backend
deepseek-v3.1fallbackqwen3-coder
Backend · DB
M
Marv
Frontend
gpt-5-minifallbackclaude-sonnet-4
Frontend · UI
Sg
Sage
Knowledge
gemini-2.5-profallbackqwen3-instruct
Docs · Research
Per-Task-Type Override
overrides AI worker assignment
architecturegpt-5.2
codingdeepseek-v3.1
documentationgemini-2.5-pro
researchgemini-2.5-pro
reviewclaude-sonnet-4

Task-type overrides apply regardless of which AI worker is assigned. Architecture tasks use the current frontier reasoning model selected by your admin settings.

Task-Type Routing

Go deeper: assign by task type, not just worker. Architecture decisions can use a frontier reasoning model. Documentation can use an efficient writing model. Code review can use a specialist coding model.

Task-type assignments override per-worker assignments. If you set "architecture → frontier reasoning", every architecture task uses the configured model for that capability, regardless of which AI worker is assigned.

Task types are inferred from the task context, AI worker role, and PREVC phase. No manual tagging required — the routing engine classifies automatically.

Priority order: task-type override → AI worker assignment → org default → platform default. Every task always has a valid model target.

Model Groups by Use Case

Models are grouped by capability: reasoning, coding, vision, voice, embeddings, search, image generation, and managed model programs. The public website should show examples; the product should read the live catalogue from admin/provider settings.

CapabilityExample modelsBest for
Frontier reasoning
GPT-5.2Claude Opus 4.1Gemini 2.5 Pro
Strategy, architecture, complex review
Build and code
Claude Sonnet 4DeepSeek V3.1Qwen3 Coder
Implementation, refactor, review
Efficient work
GPT-5 miniGemini FlashQwen3 instruct
Summaries, docs, routine extraction
Vision and documents
GPT visionClaude visionGemini vision
Screenshots, forms, diagrams, visual QA
Voice and realtime
Realtime audioTranscriptionSpeech generation
Calls, dictated requests, voice support
Embeddings and retrieval
text-embedding-3-largeprovider embeddingsprivate embeddings
Search, memory recall, document matching
Private and fine-tuned
custom fine-tunededicated endpointself-hosted Qwen class
Regulated or specialised workflows

These examples are illustrative. The production catalogue should come from admin/provider configuration so users see the models currently enabled for their organisation.

BYOK and managed providers
Admin controlled

Organisations can connect approved provider accounts, enable model families, and decide which capabilities appear to AI workers. Kaidera provides recommendations, but the configured catalogue remains the source of truth.

Cost Optimization

Route routine tasks to efficient models. Reserve premium models for what they're worth.

Efficient Models For
  • Documentation updates
  • Code review on style/formatting
  • Test writing (unit tests)
  • Changelog and commit messages
  • UI component scaffolding
Premium Models For
  • Architecture decisions
  • Security design review
  • Novel problem solving
  • Database schema design
  • Complex multi-service reasoning
65%
cost reduction achievable with smart routing

Bring Your Own API Keys

Organisations can connect approved provider API keys. Use your negotiated rates, your own rate limits, and your existing provider relationships — while keeping Kaidera's routing, monitoring, and model recommendations.

Your Keys

Store your OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google API keys. Encrypted in cloud secret manager — never in the database.

Auto-Discovery

When you add a key, Kaidera probes the provider to discover which models you have access to. No manual config needed.

Lower Cost

BYO key requests bypass Kaidera's model markup. You pay your provider directly at your negotiated rate.

External subscriptions — Connect your existing approved provider accounts. Kaidera detects available model capabilities and routes accordingly.

Per-worker
primary + fallback model control
Per-task-type
routing override by work category
65% cost
reduction possible with smart routing

Next: Model Routing

Model assignment is the what. Model routing is the how — capability matching, provider health, fallback chains, and live recommendations.