Practical guides
Give each AI task the right shape, model, and amount of context. Practical guides for choosing worthwhile work, assigning model roles, testing new models, and keeping repeated context costs under control.
Start with the job and its constraints before choosing a tool.
Split planning, execution, and review instead of buying one model for everything.
A practical workflow for using GPT-5.6 Sol to plan, dispatch, orchestrate, and review without spending its attention on every mechanical task.
Read guideGPT-5.6 is a model-family decision, not a leaderboard. Sol, Terra, and Luna should own different jobs inside a serious AI workflow.
Read guideRun bounded tests and stop paying to reread the same project history.
GPT-5.6 Sol feels surprisingly strong on first use. The catch is speed. The bigger story is that OpenAI finally has a serious answer to Fable 5.
Read guideEvery stale instruction, repeated file, and oversized chat history has a cost. Context management saves tokens by giving the model the right state, not the whole project.
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