{"name":"model-route-recommend","description":"Model routing API that answers 'which model should I use' from plain task requirements. Send a task description plus optional constraints (latency, budget, context length, modality) and get back a recommended model tier, 2-4 concrete candidate model names, the reasoning behind the pick, tradeoffs, and a cheaper fallback tier when quality can flex. Heuristic route recommendation grounded in general model-capability tiers, not a live benchmark or pricing feed, so candidate models come with a caveat to verify current pricing and capability before committing. Use it as a model selection API, an LLM routing advisor, or a pre-flight check before wiring a new task into an agent pipeline.","price":"$0.01","method":"POST","input_schema":{"properties":{"task":{"type":"string","description":"Plain-language description of the task the model needs to perform, e.g. 'classify inbound support tickets in real time'. Required, max 2,000 chars."},"constraints":{"type":"object","description":"Optional constraints object with any of: latency (string), budget (string), context_length (string), modality (string). Each field max 200 chars."}},"required":["task"]},"input_example":{"task":"classify inbound support tickets into 5 categories in real time","constraints":{"latency":"under 500ms","budget":"low"}},"output_example":{"task":"classify inbound support tickets into 5 categories in real time","constraints":{"latency":"under 500ms","budget":"low"},"recommendation":{"recommended_tier":"small","candidate_models":["gpt-4o-mini","claude-haiku-4.5","gemini-2.5-flash"],"reasoning":"The task is short-form classification with a tight latency budget; a small-tier model is fast and cheap enough.","tradeoffs":["may miss nuance a larger model would catch on ambiguous inputs"],"fallback_tier":"nano","caveats":["model names and pricing here are a general guide, not a live feed; verify current pricing before committing"]},"heuristic":true,"model":"hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b","source":"morpheus"},"x402_payment_required":true,"x402_facilitator":"https://api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/x402"}