Guide

How to use Ashna-X1 instead of picking models yourself

Leave the model on Ashna-X1 for everyday agent work. Switch to a named GPT, Claude, or Gemini row only when you need that provider’s context window, reasoning control, or file behavior.

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How to use Ashna-X1 instead of picking models yourself

Key Takeaways

  • X1 is the default for tool-using chat with web search and deep think.
  • Pin a provider model when you need a documented context limit or reasoning mode X1 does not expose.
  • Do not use X1 as a PDF-query model. Use chat-with-file for documents.

Stay on X1 by default

If you are building an agent, searching the web, or iterating on a spec, X1 is the intended starting point.

Pin a model on purpose

Pin Claude or GPT when a customer, a context-window need, or a reasoning setting requires it. Pinning without a reason adds vendor lock-in without a gain.

Match the job to a capability

Documents go through file grounding. Long-context analysis may need a 400k-class row. Live calls use telephony, not a model picker.

Try it now

Open AshnaAI and run this in a new chat. New accounts start at app.ashna.ai/signup.

Sourcing & Methodology

User guidance mapped to catalog capability flags.

Topics

#Ashna-X1#how-to#models

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Frequently asked questions

Everything You Need to Know

Use X1 unless you have a reason to pin a provider: required context size, a reasoning mode, or a vendor mandate.

Pricing belongs on the product billing page. This how-to is about when to stay on the default catalog row.

Yes. Tool calling, web search, and deep think are enabled on that row.

PDF file query is off for X1. Upload the file and use the chat-with-file path.

Read the Ashna-X1 task-aware routing research article and the ChatGPT/Claude compare pages.

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