Quality mode runs the full multi-model pipeline on premium models — research, drafting, critique, claim verification, merge — so the output you ship is the best one-shot piece our system can produce. Use it whenever the content is going to be read by someone outside your team.
Every build picks one of two modes. The toggle lives at the top of the build form and defaults to Speed.
| Step | Speed (default) | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| Research | Fast web search | Deep search with stronger source analysis |
| Draft | Efficient writing model | Premium reasoning model |
| Critique | Fast review pass | Thorough analytical review |
| Claims | Standard verification | Enhanced fact-checking with cross-source consensus |
| Merge | Efficient synthesis | Premium refinement with structural editing |
The 4× factor reflects the per-call API price difference of premium models — the same delta you'd pay if you ran the pipeline yourself.
The extra time is the price of multiple LLMs running in sequence — research, draft, critique, merge — and chewing through more reasoning tokens at each step.
For your most important pieces, turn on both Research and Quality. The combination — premium models + real-time grounded sources — is what we recommend for any flagship content.