my-router

name	my-router
description	Context-aware router that detects work type and dispatches to the right skill. Ships with a minimal default routing table; extend it in your fork with your own skill entries.

My Router

Overview

A routing layer that sits between the outer workflow (e.g., superpowers brainstorm/plan/execute/verify) and domain skills. The router reads the working directory, file types, and user prompt to decide which skill to invoke, so the user does not need to remember skill names.

In this repo's shipped form, the routing table has concrete entries for the four shipped skills (implement-review, ci-mockup-figure, readme-polish, plus my-router itself). It is also designed as a pattern you extend: add entries for your own skills (whether local to your fork of this repo or local to a consuming project) and the router will dispatch to them.

When to Use Superpowers vs. Direct Dispatch

The router decides this. Not all tasks need superpowers' full ceremony.

Task shape	Route	Why
Clear, scoped task with an obvious skill match (e.g., "review staged changes")	Direct dispatch — router picks the domain skill and runs it immediately	Brainstorming and planning add no value when the task is already well-defined
Open-ended, multi-step, or ambiguous task (e.g., "build a new feature", "restructure the paper")	Superpowers first — brainstorm → plan → execute (router dispatches during execute) → verify	These benefit from thinking before doing
Quick edit or fix (e.g., "fix the typo on line 42", "rename this variable")	Neither — just do it directly	No routing or workflow needed
Effort signal words in prompt (e.g., "extensively", "deep", "thorough", "in-depth", "carefully", "comprehensive")	Superpowers + extended thinking — enable extended thinking (Alt+T) and route through superpowers regardless of task shape	The user is explicitly asking for more deliberation

The rule: if the domain skill is obvious and the scope is clear, skip superpowers and dispatch directly. If the task needs exploration or planning, let superpowers run the outer loop and the router dispatches during execution. If the user signals they want deep effort, always use superpowers with extended thinking enabled.

Integration with Superpowers

When superpowers is active, it handles workflow phases: brainstorm → plan → execute → verify. The router activates during the execute phase and dispatches to the right domain skill.

When superpowers is not active (direct dispatch or quick task), the router works standalone.

How Routing Works

At dispatch time, the router checks three signals in order:

1. Prompt keywords (highest priority)

The user's prompt often contains the clearest signal. The shipped routing table includes keyword entries for implement-review, ci-mockup-figure, and readme-polish. Extend it in your fork with entries for your own skills.

See references/routing-table.md for the current table and the extension template.

2. File types in working directory

If prompt keywords are ambiguous, inspect the files being worked on. The shipped router recognizes staged git changes → implement-review, HTML mockup files for dashboards/timelines → ci-mockup-figure, and a top-level README.md flagged for polish → readme-polish. Add your own file-type rules when you add new skills.

3. Project structure hints

Some projects declare their type in AGENTS.local.md or via directory naming conventions (e.g., a proposals/ or papers/ directory, or a submodule pointing at a shared editorial repo). Use these hints to pick content-aware behavior when relevant to your skills.

Dispatch Rules

1. Local-first override: before dispatching, scan skills/ (project-local) for any skill that is a more specific variant of the matched skill. If a local variant exists, use it instead of any pack-deployed or bootstrapped copy.
2. If a prompt keyword matches → invoke that skill.
3. If file context matches but prompt is vague (e.g., "help me with this") → state the detected context and proposed skill, ask the user to confirm before proceeding.
4. If multiple skills could apply → state the candidates and ask the user to choose.
5. If nothing matches → fall through to superpowers or general agent behavior. Do not force a skill where none fits.

Skill Lookup Order

In consuming project repos, skills can be project-local, pack-deployed, or bootstrapped from shared config. When dispatching, look for each skill in this order:

1. skills/<name>/SKILL.md: project-local (highest priority). Projects can add their own skills here.
2. .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md: pack-deployed by anywhere-agents pack install. The .claude/ prefix is a historical Claude Code convention; the SKILL.md contents are agent-agnostic.
3. .agent-config/repo/skills/<name>/SKILL.md: bootstrapped from the shared config repo.
4. Installed plugins: agent-specific plugin skills (e.g., Claude Code plugins), check /skills output.

If a project-local skill matches the task better than a pack-deployed or bootstrapped skill, prefer the project-local one. The router itself follows this same lookup order.

Extending the Router

To add a new skill to the router's dispatch table:

1. Add the skill directory under skills/<your-skill>/ (in your fork of this repo, or in a consuming project's own skills/)
2. Add a row to references/routing-table.md with keywords, file types, and directory hints
3. Add a matching .claude/commands/<your-skill>.md pointer file so Claude Code can invoke it directly

The router will pick up the new entry on the next session.

Combining with Implement-Review

When review is needed after a domain skill finishes:

1. Domain skill runs (e.g., code changes, paper edits)
2. Changes are staged
3. Router dispatches to implement-review with the appropriate lens (code, paper, proposal, general)
4. Reviewer applies the lens-specific criteria

See implement-review/SKILL.md for the review loop protocol.

Examples

User says: "Review this" → Router detects: staged changes exist → dispatches to implement-review; content-type lens (code, paper, proposal, general) selected based on staged files.

User says: "Build the feature and review it" → Router detects: code context → superpowers handles the build, then router dispatches to implement-review with code lens.

User says: "Make an HTML mockup for the method figure" → Router detects: keyword "mockup" → dispatches to ci-mockup-figure.

User says: "Polish the README with modern patterns" → Router detects: keyword "polish README" → dispatches to readme-polish.

User says: (anything else, shipped router has no rule) → Router falls through to superpowers or general agent behavior. Add more rules by editing references/routing-table.md.