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Confidence Thresholds for Model Escalation Routing

Confidence-based escalation keeps most requests on a cheap model and sends only the ones it is unsure about to a stronger one. This guide covers forcing a numeric confidence field with structured outputs, setting the threshold from error rates on your own traffic, tuning it against accuracy, cost,…

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Confidence Thresholds for Model Escalation Routing

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Originally published by OpenRouter Blog on Oct 1, 2026.

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