Yes
We use this kind of workflows in production to optimize speed, efficiency, and costs
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Helped: Using smaller models for specific, scoped tasks generated by capable models.
From my experience, smaller models like Haïku 4.5 have indeed shown very convincing results on specific, scoped tasks (themselves generated by a more capable model such as Opus 4.6). We use this kind of workflows in production to optimize speed, efficiency, and costs.