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name: logical-economics
description: Apply the How many model calls should a decision buy? The cost curve from one channel to five, with the error rate at each step article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# How many model calls should a decision buy? The cost curve from one channel to five, with the error rate at each step

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/logical-economics). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/logical-economics.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/logical-economics/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

Most deployments today use model expense as a proxy for correctness: send everything to the biggest model, spend tokens indiscriminately, and hope. There is no stated relationship between compute spent and risk removed. The primitive is thr

## Representations

- Human: /a/logical-economics
- JSON: /api/articles/logical-economics
- Relationships: /api/articles/logical-economics/topology
- History: /api/articles/logical-economics/revisions