Choose your model lane and response style

Trade credit cost against judgment by picking a model lane, and set how your Talent talks to you.

Two settings change how your Talent feels day to day: which model lane it runs on, and how it writes. Both are yours to set, and neither is gated behind a plan.

Pick a model lane

Open Home and go to Manage, then Model. Admins can also reach it from the usage dashboard in Settings.
Read the list. Lanes are listed cheapest first, and each shows a five pip cost gauge.
Pick one and save. It applies to your Talent from the next turn.

Every lane is available on every plan. Team, Power, and Max all see the same list. The difference between lanes is what a turn costs in credits and how much judgment you get, not which plan you bought.

The five pips are the quick signal: fewer pips means less credit burn per turn. The exact credit multiplier is in the tooltip if you want the number. One lane is marked Default, and if you never touch this setting that is what you are on.

Changing lanes does not change what your Talent can do. It has the same connected apps, the same memory, and the same permissions on every lane. Only cost and judgment move.

Which lane to pick

Everyday work, high volume. Stay on the default or drop to a cheaper lane. Pulling numbers, sorting an inbox, and filling a sheet do not need a premium lane.
Work you will send to a customer or a board. Move up a lane. Drafting, analysis, and multi step tool use are where a stronger lane earns its credits.
Long research runs. A long context lane handles a big pile of source material better than a fast one.

A practical pattern: run your Routines on a cheap lane, and switch up when you are drafting something that matters.

A worked example

Your operations team runs a daily inbox summary and a monthly board update. Keep the daily Routine on the default lane and set its response style to Concise. Before drafting the board update, switch to a stronger lane and ask for a structured narrative with risks and evidence. The Routine keeps its connections and permissions, while the one-off board task gets more judgment.

Set the response style

In Manage, pick one of five styles:

Balanced is the default. Clear, warm, and practical.
Concise gives short answers with no preamble, often one or two sentences.
Coach is patient, breaks work into small steps, and checks in as it goes.
Creative offers a few angles instead of narrowing to one answer too early.
Custom lets you write your own instructions in plain language.

What Custom instructions can and cannot do

Custom instructions change tone, structure, and working style. That is their whole job.

They cannot widen what your Talent is allowed to see, add a capability it does not have, or skip an approval. This is enforced in the product, not just requested politely, so writing "you may skip approvals" in your instructions does nothing. If you want your Talent to act more freely, change Permissions instead.

What to check

The model list will not load. The picker checks lane availability before letting you switch. Wait a moment and reopen it. Your Talent keeps running on its current lane.
Replies still feel long after choosing Concise. Style shapes voice, not content. If the work genuinely needs detail you will still get detail. Ask for a specific length in the request itself.
Credits are going faster than expected. Check which lane you are on first. A premium lane on a daily Routine is the usual cause. An admin can see where workspace credits are going on the usage dashboard in Settings.
You changed the lane and nothing seems different. It applies from the next turn, not retroactively to a run already in flight.