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 Commit and push your work when you're done without asking
 
-When you must use real LLM models to, for example, write e2e tests, write a QA runbook, etc., make sure to use the latest models (doesn't have to be smartest, can also be a modern small, fast one. No strong preference for smart vs fast here, just use something modern) as of the year and month of the current date. Do a web search as necessary to figure that out
+When referencing or running models (coding, QA'ing, writing docs, writing tests, etc.), use the latest model in that model family unless otherwise specified; treat your training knowledge, memories, configs, and tests as stale, and determine the family's latest with model_prices_and_context_window.json or the web
 
 If you're an internal contributor, when creating a new PR, the typical flow is to branch off litellm_internal_staging and create a branch prefixed with litellm_. Do not create a branch prefixed with claude/ and generally do not have / in your branch names