How To Make Fable 5 95% Cheaper

To make Fable 5 95% cheaper, users should implement 10 key strategies: (1) Route tasks to appropriate models (Fable 5 for planning, Opus 4.8 for building, Haiku for simple tasks); (2) Use Fable 5 for planning only, then Opus for execution (reduces usage by ~59%); (3) Adjust the effort dial to match task complexity; (4) Use Headroom to compress context inputs by 60-95%; (5) Use Ponytail to reduce code outputs by 54-90%; (6) Trim rule files to only essential rules; (7) Disable web search by default; (8) Compact conversations early (around 60% mark); (9) Add brief summaries after compacting; (10) Clear sessions every 2 hours with handoff notes.