Comment by jwbron

I'm using Claude code + (a patched) litellm proxy + openrouter + Qwen 3.7 max/kimi k2.6/deepseek v4 pro. The only feature that doesn't work is webfetch and web search, which I've replaced with the ddg MCP and a web fetch/search pre hook to redirect the agent. Memory, caching, and everything else works fine.

Qwen comes close to opus for planning but fable is clearly superior. Results for kimi and deepseek are pretty much indistinguishable from opus for coding if opus writes the plan. The biggest difference is output cadence. Kimi for example thinks for a long time then quickly outputs a lot of text.

I'm now testing out fable for research and planning and deepseek v4 flash for coding. I'm guessing results will be pretty similar to opus + deepseek v4 pro and costs should be lower overall.