Auto Mode — one prompt, the right model.
Don't pick a model. Floatboat reads each request and routes it to the best frontier model — reasoning, long context, vision, code — with automatic fallback when a provider is down.
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Good evening, Frank
Ask Auto mode anything — runs through Floatboat, no API key, no VPN.
Type anything — Auto Mode picks the best model for the job.
Mock picker — the real desktop app shows the same selector with live availability. Local-first: your prompts stay on your machine.
One default. Four routing lanes underneath.
Pick the best-fit model for the job, and switch any time without re-wiring keys or projects.
Deep reasoning
Slow · SmartMulti-step proofs, planning, tricky debugging — Auto sends these to DeepSeek R1 or GPT-5 thinking.
- Trigger
- Multi-step reasoning
- Routes to
- DeepSeek R1 · GPT-5
- Latency
- Higher
Long context
2M tokensBig PDFs, full repos, hour-long transcripts — Auto reaches for Kimi K2 (2M) or Gemini 3.1 Pro.
- Trigger
- Long documents / repos
- Routes to
- Kimi K2 · Gemini 3.1 Pro
- Window
- Up to 2M tokens
Vision & multimodal
Image+TextScreenshots, diagrams, photos — Auto switches to Gemini 3 Pro Image or MiniMax Vision.
- Trigger
- Image / screenshot input
- Routes to
- Gemini · MiniMax
- Modality
- Vision + text
Fast chat & code
Cheap · QuickEveryday questions, completions, light edits — Auto runs them on GPT-5 Mini or Claude Sonnet for snappy turnaround.
- Trigger
- Everyday chat / code
- Routes to
- GPT-5 Mini · Claude Sonnet
- Latency
- Low
Auto Mode vs picking a model yourself vs Cursor's Auto.
Most overseas users hit the same wall: Chinese phone numbers, regional payments, API key plumbing, proxies. Floatboat removes all of that — and gives you more than a chat box.
| Capability | Floatboat | Web playgrounds | DIY API + proxy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Routes across vendors (OpenAI + Anthropic + Google + Chinese labs) | Yes | No | No |
| Falls back automatically when a provider is down | Yes | No | Yes |
| Works for chat, agents, browsing, files — not just code | Yes | Yes | No |
| No API key, no VPN, no Chinese phone number | Yes | No | No |
| Override per chat or per Combo Skill | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mechanism
How Auto Mode picks for you.
01
Type one prompt
No model dropdown to fiddle with. Just ask the question, drop the file, or paste the link.
02
Floatboat classifies it locally
Reasoning vs vision vs long-context vs quick chat — the routing decision happens on your machine in milliseconds.
03
Routes to the best model, with fallback
If the first choice is rate-limited or geo-blocked, Auto Mode silently re-routes mid-conversation. You never see an error.
Auto Mode, multiplied by the rest of Floatboat.
A chat tab is the floor. Inside Floatboat, every model plugs into your tacit memory, your reusable skills, your custom tools, and your agent group chat.
Tacit Engine
Learns which model you trust for which kind of work and biases Auto Mode accordingly.
Learn more →Combo Skills
Pin a specific model per skill when you want determinism — Auto Mode is the default, not a cage.
Learn more →Browser-use
When a task involves screenshots or page state, Auto Mode reaches for vision-capable models automatically.
Learn more →Agent group chat
Different agents can run on different models in the same conversation — Auto picks per agent, per turn.
Learn more →Auto Mode on Floatboat — FAQ
Stop picking models. Start shipping.
Auto Mode is on by default. Download Floatboat once, type, and let routing happen.