Factory Model Routing — September 2026

Configured jobs, billing boundaries, and the change from Devlog 006

Factory Model Routing — September 2026 Configured jobs, billing boundaries, and the change from Devlog 006 GPT-5.6 Terra · Codex · codex-work · ChatGPT subscription OAuth · ChatGPT OAuth GPT-5.6 Terra Codex · codex-work ChatGPT OAuth GPT-5.6 Sol · Codex · high reasoning · ChatGPT subscription OAuth · ChatGPT OAuth GPT-5.6 Sol Codex · high reasoning ChatGPT OAuth Claude Code CLI · Opus: audit/devlog · Sonnet: probe · Claude subscription — no Anthropic API · claude -p · Max Claude Code CLI Opus: audit/devlog · Sonnet: probe claude -p · Max GPT-5.5 · Hermes · openai-codex · ChatGPT subscription OAuth · ChatGPT OAuth GPT-5.5 Hermes · openai-codex ChatGPT OAuth DeepSeek V4 Flash · Kilo · BytePlus plan · Kilo prepaid credit pool · credit pool DeepSeek V4 Flash Kilo · BytePlus plan credit pool No model · Programs and policy gates · Architecture component · deterministic No model Programs and policy gates deterministic Implementation + Patrol · polecats · witness · dogs · boot · Architecture component · configured / paused Implementation + Patrol polecats · witness · dogs · boot configured / paused Governance + Refinery · mayor · deacon · refineries · Architecture component · configured / paused Governance + Refinery mayor · deacon · refineries configured / paused Independent Review · --model opus · --model sonnet · Architecture component · bounded one-shot Independent Review --model opus · --model sonnet bounded one-shot Sanitized Reporting · internal report projection · Architecture component · manual one-shot Sanitized Reporting internal report projection manual one-shot Town Metrics · DeepSeek first · Terra fallback · Architecture component · legacy Kilo-first Town Metrics DeepSeek first · Terra fallback legacy Kilo-first Factory Control Plane · Beads · Dolt · GitLab CI · dispatch · Architecture component · fail-closed Factory Control Plane Beads · Dolt · GitLab CI · dispatch fail-closed ChatGPT subscription OAuth Claude subscription — no Anthropic API Kilo prepaid credit pool Legend Frontend Model / agent runtime Database Assigned factory job Deterministic gate Message bus External

Biggest change from Devlog 006

  • • The Opus and GPT-5.6 polecat A/B became one Terra implementation lane
  • • Refinery and orchestration moved from Opus/Fable labels to Sol high
  • • Codex now owns every persistent model-backed factory role

What stayed

  • • Hermes GPT-5.5 remains the sanitized reporting path
  • • Claude Opus remains an independent kernel and publication reviewer
  • • Beads, Dolt, GitLab CI, and explicit merge gates still govern work

Current safety posture

  • • City and both rigs are paused; configured seats are not active token burn
  • • Episode and paid runtime lanes have no admitted model route
  • • Credential trust cells and the $850 admission line fail closed