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Using Agent Skills Router

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Route ambiguous agent work to the right skill, command style, and effort level. Use when a task mentions skills, agents, workflows, lifecycle commands, revie...

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Route ambiguous agent work to the right skill, command style, and effort level. Use when a task mentions skills, agents, workflows, lifecycle commands, revie...

The skill document

Using Agent Skills Router

Use this skill as a lightweight dispatcher. It decides which skill, workflow, or role should handle a request, then keeps the active path proportional to the task.

Routing Workflow

  1. Restate the user goal in one sentence.
  2. Classify the request:
    • tiny: answer or edit directly; avoid ceremony.
    • implementation: choose the most specific build or domain skill.
    • review: choose a review skill or a reviewer persona.
    • ship: choose a lifecycle or release skill.
    • unclear: gather repo context first, then decide.
  3. Select the smallest useful skill set. Prefer one primary skill and at most one support skill.
  4. State the route briefly before executing: Using because .
  5. If no skill matches, continue with normal Codex behavior and say no specialized skill was needed.

Skill Selection Rules

  • Prefer exact domain skills over broad lifecycle skills.
  • Prefer repository-native tools, tests, and docs over generic checklists.
  • Use a lifecycle skill only when the user wants planning, implementation, verification, review, or shipping as a process.
  • Use a high-risk review skill when the task touches security controls, credentials, data deletion, public release, money, production systems, or broad permissions.
  • Avoid stacking skills that repeat the same gate. One clear review path is better than several shallow ones.

Output Shape

For a routing-only answer, return:

Route: 
Reason: 
Next action: 

For execution tasks, keep the routing note short and then proceed. Do not create docs or task files unless the user asks or the chosen skill requires durable artifacts.

Anti-Patterns

  • Do not turn small fixes into a full spec-plan-build-review cycle.
  • Do not load long reference files just to decide whether a skill applies.
  • Do not role-play multiple agents when the runtime cannot actually isolate their work.
  • Do not ask the user which skill to use when local context makes the choice clear.

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