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@abhi-elastic abhi-elastic commented Jan 19, 2026

closes https://github.com/elastic/search-team/issues/12519
closes https://github.com/elastic/docs-content-internal/issues/649

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This pull request updates the documentation for model selection in the agent-builder guide, providing clearer guidance on choosing models based on reasoning capability, throughput, and use case.
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  • A categorized table of model recommendations, and outline trade-offs
  • A tip about choosing models with apt context window based on workflow.

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@abhi-elastic abhi-elastic marked this pull request as ready for review January 20, 2026 13:31
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LGTM writing wise, with some teeny nits. Thanks @abhi-elastic!

Writers can follow up by moving existing related content in the known issues in here to preface the "incompatible models" list

abhi-elastic and others added 2 commits January 20, 2026 09:00
Co-authored-by: Liam Thompson <leemthompo@gmail.com>
@chrisbmar chrisbmar requested a review from joemcelroy January 20, 2026 16:45
@leemthompo leemthompo enabled auto-merge (squash) January 20, 2026 17:39
@leemthompo leemthompo merged commit 1a2c09d into main Jan 20, 2026
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@leemthompo leemthompo deleted the update_recommended_models_agent_builder branch January 20, 2026 17:41
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