PandaCode Adds Local Routing, Smarter Teams

PandaCode is turning model choice from a manual preference into a practical orchestration layer for developers juggling multiple coding agents. The tradeoff is that routing quality still depends on current model cards, rankings, and task-specific validation.

• –Local routing can select workers in roughly 10–25 ms without sending task data elsewhere.
• –Failed workers can be replaced with stronger models, making parallel teams more resilient.
• –Support for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and other harnesses positions PandaCode as a control plane rather than another standalone agent.
• –Cheap, Balanced, and Best modes give developers an explicit cost-versus-quality policy for each team run.
• –Custom rankings are useful but can become stale quickly as model quality, pricing, and availability change.