local-first AI router · in the workshop
Your AI, in the right gear.
One address for all your AI tools. Cogshift reads each request before it runs and shifts it to the right model — a fast lane for routine work, a deep lane when the work calls for it.
You pay the bigger price only when it matters. Your prompts stay on your machine.
In the workshop. Cogshift is being built in the open and isn’t ready to download yet. Check back soon.
how it works
Three moving parts.
No new habits to learn. Point your tools at one address and the router does the deciding.
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01 / run it
One small program on your machine
Your tools — editors, agents, chat clients — all point at one address.
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02 / read it
A lightning-fast judge classifies the prompt
Every request is read before it runs, and sorted into one of two piles: routine, or hard.
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03 / shift
The work goes to the model that fits
Routine work takes the fast lane on cost-effective models. Hard work shifts up to the deep lane. You never think about model choice again.
the two lanes
Fast when it can be. Deep when it must be.
The decision is made once, up front — before a single token is spent — rather than after a thin answer comes back.
Fast lane
cost-effective modelsMost of what you ask for is routine. That work runs on cost-effective models, and the bill stays small.
- Short, well-specified turns
- Routine edits and questions
- The default, most of the time
Deep lane
capable modelsWhen the judge reads something hard, the request shifts up to a capable model — and you pay the bigger price only then.
- Open-ended, tangled problems
- Work that needs real reasoning
- The exception, not the rule
how it’s built
An appliance, not a middleman.
Local first
The router runs on your machine. Your prompts go to the models you chose — never through us.
One address
Editors, agents and chat clients all point at the same endpoint. The router decides what runs behind it.
Honest by design
Capabilities are detected, never guessed. What a route can’t do, it says it can’t do.
Budget, stretched
The strong model runs only when the work calls for it — and the counter proves it.
the ladder
Choose your gear.
Start with the router on your own machine and move up only as far as you want to — each step hands over one more thing to us.
Download
free · bring your own keys
The router on your machine. Your keys, your models, your prompts — nothing leaves home.
Hosted
your own router, run by us
Your personal router at your-name.router.cogshift.io. Bring your own keys; reach it from every device.
Hosted +
routing models included
We provide the judge — smart routing works out of the box, no configuration.
Complete
models included · pay as you go
Workers included too. One bill, one address, every request in the right gear.
Download is in the workshop; hosted tiers follow.
Cogshift at work.
Cogshift for teams: the same router, wired into how your organisation already runs — and reporting on how it really uses AI.
Read about enterprise- Your identity providerPeople sign in the way they already do.
- Per-user keys, with controlsIndividual keys, with controls and budgets attached.
- Sensitive-data filteringBuilt in, with reporting on what it catches.
- Business-intelligence reportsHow your organisation really uses AI.
questions
Straight answers.
What exists today, what doesn’t yet, and where your prompts go.
Where do my prompts go?
With the download, the router runs on your machine and talks directly to the models you configured. Your prompts stay on your machine and never pass through us.
What decides fast lane or deep lane?
A lightning-fast judge model reads each request before it runs and classifies it as routine or hard. Routine work takes the fast lane on cost-effective models; hard work shifts up to the deep lane.
Which tools work with it?
Anything you can point at a different address — editors, coding agents, chat clients. They all use one endpoint, and the router decides what runs behind it.
Do I bring my own keys?
On Download and Hosted, yes — your keys, your models. Hosted + adds the routing models, so the judge is provided. Complete includes the worker models too, billed as you go.
Can I download it yet?
Not yet. Cogshift is in the workshop, being built in the open. The download comes first; the hosted tiers follow.
What about my team?
Enterprise is in closed beta: your identity provider, per-user keys with controls and budgets, sensitive-data filtering and reporting, and business-intelligence reports on how your organisation really uses AI.
get in touch
Say hello.
Cogshift is being built in the open. If you want to follow the build, ask about the enterprise beta, or tell us what you’d need from a router, leave a note.
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