# Claude Code FinOps: Routing Sub-Agent Discovery to DeepSeek/Haiku via LiteLLM

> **Direct Answer (October 2026 Verified Scenario)**: Placing LiteLLM in front of Claude Code and Cline with 90% Anthropic KV-cache breakpoints and 65/35 sub-agent routing cuts 5-developer monthly API bills by $520.00/mo (-62.0%).

- **Canonical URL**: https://pulse-forge.io/scenario/claude-code-litellm-openrouter-cost-routing
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- **Trigger Symptom**: $38/day per developer in unrouted Claude Sonnet/Opus API spend during multi-file refactors
- **Root Cause**: Sending 100% of file-tree grep, test runner inspection, and formatting sub-turns to frontier models without prompt caching.
- **Baseline Context Tokens/Turn**: `34,800` -> **Hardened**: `13,220` (`-58%`)
- **5-Engineer Monthly Savings**: `$520.00/mo`
- **Recommended Reference Repo**: `BerriAI/litellm` (https://pulse-forge.io/launch-kit?repo=BerriAI/litellm)