Migration Diary: Cutting Over to a Free AI Tier Without Breaking Your Loop

Description and use

A step‑by‑step migration plan for moving AI workflows to MonkeyCode’s free tier, including a ledger script to monitor latency and HTTP status, and guidelines for risk‑based workflow selection.

Problem

Migrating an AI-assisted development loop to a free tier while maintaining quality and avoiding disruptions.

Outcome

The migration plan enabled a smooth transition to a free tier, preserving low-risk workflows while keeping high-risk tasks on paid models, and provided a ledger for ongoing performance monitoring.

Workflow

• Inventory all AI workflows
• Classify workflows by blast radius
• Measure baseline performance for three days
• Move low-risk workflows first
• Run old and new tools in parallel for one week
• Cut over, log everything, and keep rollback option

Evidence

Run your current tool for three days and record latency, token consumption, and how often you accept its output.

Source

Run both tools in parallel for one week.

Source