Intent Router

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Intent Router skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Intent Router is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc · Last updated: 2026-06-06

Classify the information-need of a query and dispatch it to the appropriate retrieval or reasoning strategy. Use before read-side memory access, before multi-strategy retrieval, or any time you'd otherwise default to "one retriever for everything". Returns a strategy label, a token budget, and a retrieval depth so downstream handlers can be specialised. Backed by Pre-Route (arxiv 2605.10235v2) and MemFlow (arxiv 2605.03312v1), which together show LLMs possess latent routing ability elicitable via a structured prompt — and that externalising the routing decision improves small-model performance by ~2x. Triggers: "route this", "what strategy", "before retrieving", "intent classification", or any query whose ideal handling depends on what KIND of question it is.

About this skill (catalog notes)

Intent Router includes explicit scope boundaries (an explicit 'when not to use' or 'out of scope' section); pricing or quota commentary; at least one code block. The SKILL.md is on the shorter side at about 504 words.

Original author: Tibsfox
Indexed lastmod: 2026-06-06
Catalog position: General · general-misc
Indexed related skills: 10

How Intent Router fits the catalog

Intent Router sits in the General category under the general-misc sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

What this skill does

Intent Router is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/intent-router/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Intent Router Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 93,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/intent-router
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/intent-router/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/intent-router/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/intent-router/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/intent-router/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\intent-router\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Intent Router Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/intent-router/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Intent Router skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Intent Router skill?

Use Intent Router when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the general misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Intent Router" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Intent Router skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Intent Router is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/Tibsfox/gsd-skill-creator/blob/HEAD/project-claude/skills/intent-router/SKILL.md
Author: Tibsfox

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

Tibsfox. (2026). Intent Router [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/intent-router/

BibTeX

@misc{intent-router-2026,
  author    = {Tibsfox},
  title     = {Intent Router [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/intent-router/}
}

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