From 1b03c3de80489f78b5bfabc6c11aaf13df65b24d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joshua Lambert <25085430+lambertjosh@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:23:06 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update packages/kilo-docs/pages/contributing/architecture/auto-model-tiers.md Co-authored-by: kiloconnect[bot] <240665456+kiloconnect[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> --- .../pages/contributing/architecture/auto-model-tiers.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/packages/kilo-docs/pages/contributing/architecture/auto-model-tiers.md b/packages/kilo-docs/pages/contributing/architecture/auto-model-tiers.md index 82d27cb7be9..6ebc02b3169 100644 --- a/packages/kilo-docs/pages/contributing/architecture/auto-model-tiers.md +++ b/packages/kilo-docs/pages/contributing/architecture/auto-model-tiers.md @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Extend Kilo Auto into four tiers. **Who it's for**: Not user-facing. Used internally by Kilo clients for lightweight background tasks. -**What problem it solves**: Kilo uses small models behind the scenes for tasks like generating session titles, commit messages, and conversation summaries. Today, the small model is configurable by the end user by defaults to a paid frontier model. If a free user doesn't have access to that model, the task falls back to the user's main (large) model — wasting credits and adding latency for a task that should be instant and cheap. Auto: Small makes background tasks reliably work for all users regardless of their payment status. +**What problem it solves**: Kilo uses small models behind the scenes for tasks like generating session titles, commit messages, and conversation summaries. Today, the small model is configurable by the end user but defaults to a paid frontier model. If a free user doesn't have access to that model, the task falls back to the user's main (large) model — wasting credits and adding latency for a task that should be instant and cheap. Auto: Small makes background tasks reliably work for all users regardless of their payment status. **What it does**: Automatically selects the right small model for lightweight tasks. When credits are available, it uses a fast paid small model (Haiku, GPT Nano, etc.). When no credits are available, it falls back to a capable free small model. Since we can use a free model for this, we can support it for all users and providers.