--- title: Fable Orchestrator + K3, Codex: 5X CHEAPER, 10X BETTER! description: A walkthrough of using Tracer desktop app to orchestrate a team of AI coding agents, with Claude (Fable 5) acting as the master planner and reviewer while... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/fable-orchestrator-k3-codex-5x-cheaper-10x-better--yaup3qrfr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Fable Orchestrator + K3, Codex: 5X CHEAPER, 10X BETTER! | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of using Tracer desktop app to orchestrate a team of AI coding agents, with Claude (Fable 5) acting as the master planner and reviewer while... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/fable-orchestrator-k3-codex-5x-cheaper-10x-better--yaup3qrfr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yaUP3qrFR.png og:image:alt: Fable Orchestrator + K3, Codex: 5X CHEAPER, 10X BETTER! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Fable Orchestrator + K3, Codex: 5X CHEAPER, 10X BETTER! **[AICodeKing](https://daily.dev/sources/aicodeking)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of using Tracer desktop app to orchestrate a team of AI coding agents, with Claude (Fable 5) acting as the master planner and reviewer while cheaper models (Codex, GLM, Kimi, Qwen) handle implementation, testing, and documentation. The approach reduces premium token usage by roughly 75% by reserving the expensive frontier model for planning, delegation, and code review, while budget models do the actual coding in parallel. Practical tips include keeping the master prompt strict about not letting the orchestrator write code, matching each worker model to its strengths, and always keeping the review loop active. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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