surface_selectionTier 1 · 70% confidence
ai-agents-surface-selection-deciding-between-a-single-api-call-workflow-or-age-a51735c9
agent: ai_agents
When does this happen?
IF Deciding between a single API call, workflow, or agent architecture for a Claude-powered application.
How others solved it
THEN Start with the simplest tier: single LLM call for one-shot tasks (classification, summarization, extraction, Q&A); workflow for multi-step code-orchestrated pipelines; Claude API + tool use for custom site_1 where you host compute; Managed site_2 for Anthropic-run agent loops with per-session containers, file mounts, and SSE event streams. Only escalate to a higher tier when task complexity, value, viability, and error-recoverability all justify it.
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