HeyCubit / effortless

Two mods for Claude Code, by HeyCubit 
 effortless Picks the reasoning effort for every prompt. On real coding tasks, 21% cheaper than Opus on medium, with the same answers. 
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## effortless
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A Claude Code mod that picks the reasoning effort for every prompt. Quick questions get **Low**, hard jobs get **High**,
and you never touch the Effort control. On real coding tasks it cut the cost of Opus by **21%** against Anthropic's
recommended medium, **29%** against high and **42%** against xhigh, with every answer still right
(the benchmark). One bar above the prompt also shows how full the chat is, how long the
prompt cache stays warm, and hands off or compacts in one click when a chat gets heavy.
## Powered by Haiku 5.5
Haiku 5.5 costs about 75% less than Haiku 4.5, and Anthropic names compaction and quick, well-defined work among what
it is built for. effortless uses it in three places:
| | |
|---|---|
| **The judge** | reads each prompt and picks the effort, in about a second, on your own Claude login |
| **Cheaper model when it can** | experimental, off by default. When on, a prompt the judge calls simple may run on Haiku 5.5 (or Sonnet), never above your chat's model, but only when the switch pays: each model keeps its own prompt cache, so in a chat that is in use the switch usually costs more than it saves (why) |
| **Compaction** | every compaction, `/compact` and the automatic one included, is summarized by Haiku 5.5. If Haiku fails, Claude Code compacts as usual |
The cheaper model is switched on in Settings → Model; compaction is switched in Settings → Handoff → Compact with.
## Install
Two ways. Both take a minute and need no terminal.
**1. Ask Claude** (easiest). Paste this into Claude Code and press Enter:
 [code] 
**2. Commands.** Type these two lines in Claude Code's chat box:
 [code] 
 [code] 
Or in a terminal, in one line:
 [code] 
Then run `/reload-plugins` (or restart Claude Code). A short setup opens above the prompt: keep **Haiku** alone (one click,
no key, runs on your own Claude login) or add **Jev** (a TypeSafe key, about 4x faster effort calls), lean cheaper or
smarter, and pick how handoffs are written. Run `/effortless setup` to go through it again, or change any of it in ⚙.
Updates come to you: when a new version is out, a card above the prompt offers **Update** or **Later**. Update loads the
new version in the chat you pressed it in, with nothing to type.
## What the bar shows
| On the bar | Means |
|---|---|
| **High · Opus** | the effort Auto picked for this prompt, and the model the chat runs on. `Deciding` while the judge thinks; a switch flashes violet and fades to white |
| **◔ 38%** | how full the chat's context is |
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