install sillytavern put $10 into openrouter stick to glm5.3, mimo2.6, deepseekv4(pro or flash) and use kimi3 when you need something done expensively >when will i know that don't worry about it then learn how caching works eventually and you'll be able to stretch a dollar into an entire week of heavy use don't use a lorebook without inspecting it first, don't use cards or presets that have {{random}} macros in their definitions or instructions boom ur ahead of 95% of the curve now