ai router design and classifier logic

Mastering AI router design helps product managers stop sending every prompt to the biggest model. A smart AI router acts as a traffic cop to reduce costs. Routing every user prompt to your largest language model burns through your budget and slows performance. In orchestration, the router acts as a host, while the classifier is the brain judging the input. The classifier reads the prompt, matches it to a rule, and sends it to the right model. Unlike a human, an automated system needs strict rules. Your classifier requires you to spell out every edge case to avoid misrouting. By tagging text correctly, the router picks the cheapest model that fits, saving money on simple requests. In this lesson: - Why sending every prompt to the biggest model wastes budget - How the router and classifier work together - Mapping rooms and defining strict categories - Writing edge cases for your classifier U2xAI Academy - AI skills for product managers.