route

name	route
description	Detect the work type of a task or diff and dispatch the right specialist review/agent. Use when you're about to review or implement and want the correct domain reviewer (UI/design, API/devex, infra, docs, core) instead of a generic pass. The local mirror of the SDLC Classifier + domain-routed reviewers.
argument-hint	[task description or 'review the current diff']
allowed-tools	Read, Grep, Glob, Bash

Route work to the right specialist

The cloud SDLC classifies each PR (sdlc-classify.yml) and runs domain-specific reviewers. This skill does the same locally: classify, then dispatch.

Steps

1. Classify the task/diff into ONE primary domain (default core if mixed):

   Domain	Signals	Route to
   ui	frontend, styling, components, UX	code-reviewer + a design/a11y pass
   api	public API/SDK, contracts, schemas	code-reviewer + contract/back-compat focus
   infra	CI, deploy, IaC, migrations	k8s-operator / careful review of blast radius
   docs	docs/markdown only	docs-writer
   core	library / business logic	code-reviewer (+ security-auditor if it touches authz/inputs)

2. Always run, regardless of domain: a correctness review (code-reviewer) and, for anything touching auth/inputs/tenancy/secrets, security-auditor. Routing only adds a targeted pass — it never removes the safety-critical ones.
3. Dispatch: hand the diff to the chosen subagent(s) in a fresh context; collect and summarize findings grouped Blocking / Should-fix / Nit.

Notes

• Bias to more review when uncertain — misclassifying down is the only costly error.
• This is advisory routing; it does not gate anything. The human still reviews and merges.
• Model tiering (separate from domain routing): compass route "<task>" picks the cheapest-correct model (haiku/sonnet/opus). It's measured — compass route --eval scores it against scripts/route-evalset.tsv and CI gates on an accuracy floor, so the heuristic can't silently regress. Add real mis-routes to the set as they surface.