What is the main benefit of task routing?

It ensures complex tasks are handled by specialized agents in dedicated context windows, resulting in higher quality and more focused outputs than handling everything inline.

How does it choose between a 'developer' and a 'detective'?

It routes to the developer for creating or writing new code and to the detective for understanding, tracing, or analyzing existing codebases in a read-only manner.

Can I use this for non-coding tasks?

Yes, it includes routing for web research, tech comparisons, architectural system design, and quality reviews of other agents or plugins.

Why shouldn't I handle all tasks in the main window?

Delegating to subagents allows for cleaner context management and prevents the main conversation from becoming cluttered with verbose logs or deep-dive technical details.

When should I consult the task routing table?

The routing table should be consulted before making any delegation decision to ensure the task matches the correct specialized agent profile.

Task Routing & Agent Delegation

Name: Task Routing & Agent Delegation
Author: MadAppGang

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Productivity & Workflow

Coordinates complex workflows by intelligently delegating tasks to specialized AI subagents based on specific technical patterns.

The Task Routing skill acts as a central dispatcher for Claude Code, ensuring that complex development requests are handled by the most qualified specialized agent. Instead of processing everything in a single context window, it utilizes a pre-defined routing table to map tasks—such as research, implementation, deep code analysis, or debugging—to dedicated subagents with focused environments. This approach improves output quality by maintaining high focus and providing domain-specific guidance for architectural decisions, bug fixes, and feature builds, preventing context clutter while maximizing agent expertise.

Key Features

01243 GitHub stars

02Clear distinction between code implementation and read-only analysis

03Context-aware delegation to specialized researchers and architects

04Standardized routing table for consistent multi-agent workflows

05Optimized context window management through subagent tasking

06Intelligent task-to-agent mapping based on activity type

Use Cases

01Deciding whether to use a code detective for analysis or a developer for feature creation

02Routing complex architectural design questions to a specialized system architect

03Automating the delegation of multi-source research tasks to a dedicated researcher agent

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add madappgang/claude-code task-routing

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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