How We Designed Halfred's Model Profiles
The Halfred Team
7/16/2025
Simplicity Without Compromise
When building Halfred, our mission was to make working with large language models as seamless and reliable as using a world-class digital butler. But behind that ease of use is a smart, flexible routing engine — and at the heart of it are the four model profiles.
These profiles let developers focus on building, not benchmarking. Here’s how we created them.
The Four Model Profiles
1. STANDARD
Our go-to profile for most general-purpose use cases. STANDARD selects a cost-efficient, capable model for things like summaries, chat interactions, support responses, and everyday logic tasks. Think of it as your dependable all-rounder.
2. DEEPTHINK
When you need more horsepower — complex reasoning, creative generation, long context windows — DEEPTHINK steps in. It routes to the smartest available model in our network, typically choosing from the frontier offerings by OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini.
3. LITE
Optimized for cost and speed. LITE is great for lightweight tasks such as keyword extraction, basic classification, or message formatting — where blazing-fast, budget-friendly inference is the priority.
4. DEV ONLY
This one’s just for developers. It connects to a test model that consumes no credits, perfect for prototyping and debugging during development. No surprise costs, no rate-limit panic — just freedom to iterate.
Abstraction, Not Obfuscation
We intentionally abstract the provider selection, which may include OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Mistral, and others. You don’t need to manually switch models or compare APIs — Halfred routes requests intelligently based on availability, performance, and cost.
Better yet, there’s no vendor lock-in. If a provider goes down, we automatically fall back to a reliable alternative. Your project keeps running — with zero changes to your code.
Why It Matters
LLMs evolve fast. Pricing changes. New models launch every month. By encapsulating all of that volatility behind stable profiles, we let you build faster and ship smarter — without worrying about what’s under the hood.
What’s Next?
These four profiles are just the beginning. Over time, we’ll adapt them as the LLM landscape evolves. You can expect new profiles, fine-tuning options, and more control — all while keeping the simplicity you love.
Thanks for building with us.
— The Halfred Team