Amazon open-sources Strands Decider 2B, a small routing model for agent workflows

Amazon released Strands Decider 2B under Apache 2.0, a small decision model built to route steps inside agent workflows locally, reporting about 106 ms latency on its benchmark. The pattern is the point: a cheap, local model deciding what the expensive model should do next. If your agent bill is dominated by orchestration calls rather than real work, a router this size pays for itself quickly.