Charles Dashboard

🟢 Live. Lane state is fetched from the dashboard server every 10s. Last update: connecting…. Buttons change the configured default; your current Telegram session keeps its pin until you say mode 1/2/3/4 in chat or use /reset.

LLM mode switch See which of the four lanes is active. Buttons are interactive visually; backend lane switching comes next.

Cost mode switchControl how aggressively Charles should reduce tokens, screenshots, vision checks and premium loops.

Normal: loading current cost behaviour…

🏠 Local

Mac Studio, private, free. Best for cheap work and long context.

🧭 Router

OpenRouter auto. Default cost-aware general lane.

🤖 OpenAI

Premium direct lane for strong tools and voice/transcription work.

🎩 Anthropic

Level 4 thinking. Use only when the task earns it.

OpenRouter today

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Live spend today

Month to date

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Credits left

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Current lane

Anthropic

claude-opus-4-7 · Level 4 premium

Cost intelligence · today + last 14 days

One integrated view: live spend, action drivers, last-14-days context, why-high explanation, and cost-control moves directly in each row.

live

Burn / hour

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Projected 24h

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Main driver

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Cost loop: request → build/content → visual QA → integration/sharing → memory/restore → next cost-control decision.

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Estimated split: OpenRouter gives totals, not per-topic billing.

Four lanes

Local

$0.00

Mac Studio · free/private

Router

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OpenRouter · live spend

OpenAI

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direct · needs admin usage key

Anthropic

flat

Claude plan · no per-call meter here

Last 24h — spend by hour

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