which-ai-should-you-open-first

Classify the task first: unclear or taste-heavy work goes to a strong daily driver, structured repeatable work goes to a cheap workhorse, and tasks needing senses or actions need a specialist tool. Then define what would prove the output is acceptable before starting.

Use a cheap workhorse when the task is familiar, structured, repeatable, and easy to review. Reserve frontier or daily-driver models for unclear, mixed, risky, or hard-to-inspect work where judgment matters.

No. Tasks restricted by company policy, confidentiality, legal, HR, health, financial data, or code security should stay in approved company tools. If no approved route exists, the Skill tells you to find a safer route rather than proceeding.

Tasks needing a sense, a source, or an action require specialist capability: audio, screenshots, video, live web, archive search, image generation, browser work, repo access, tests, or file edits. A general chatbot cannot perform these reliably.

The Skill asks up to four clarifying questions in one batch, then stops. It does not assume defaults or act on what you probably meant, so vague inputs produce questions rather than a guessed recommendation.