AI — Tool Selection & Workflow

AI — Tool Selection & Workflow

AI — Tool Selection & Workflow

Optimised for a C++ / financial systems engineering context. AI — Coding Assistants for Financial Domain Evaluation | AI — 30-Day Mastery Mind Map

Tool Roles

ToolTierRolePrimary Use Cases
ChatGPTFreeThe “Broad Triage” AssistantQuick syntax checks, drafting/polishing prompts, general FAQs, administrative queries
GeminiPlusThe “Big Context” LibrarianMassive codebase/doc analysis (1M+ tokens), Google Workspace integration, multi-modal research (PDFs, logs)
Claude CodeProThe “Senior Architect” EngineerComplex C++ implementation, hard-core debugging, low-latency architecture refactoring, agentic terminal work

The Low-Latency Workflow

Always escalate from cheapest to most powerful:

  1. TRIAGE (ChatGPT Free) — Clarify requirements, rough-draft the solution, refine your thought process. Do 80% of conversational back-and-forth here.
  2. CONTEXT (Gemini Plus) — Feed large files, logs, codebases. Extract patterns, ground facts. Use when the problem requires reading a lot of material at once.
  3. EXECUTE (Claude Code Pro) — Bring the refined prompt + grounded facts here for final, high-stakes code production.

Quick-Select Rules

TaskTool
Quick C++20 syntax exampleChatGPT Free
Analyze 500 lines of trading logsGemini Plus
Refactor a thread-safe OMS componentClaude Code
Summarize a long SEC filingGemini Plus
Update professional resume/CVClaude Pro
Complex low-latency architecture workClaude Code

Token Conservation

  • Start a NEW chat for unrelated tasks — long histories consume paid token limits
  • Draft in Free, Execute in Pro — refine the prompt in ChatGPT before bringing it to Claude
  • Ecosystem rule: Use Gemini for anything touching Google Keep/Docs/Gmail to avoid round-tripping

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