Model Router — Project Management agent for Claude Code
Use when dispatching work and unsure which model tier to use — returns a recommended model and effort level based on task characteristics.
How to install Model Router
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/megabytespace-claude-skills-model-router.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/megabytespace/claude-skills/HEAD/agents/model-router.md -o ~/.claude/agents/megabytespace-claude-skills-model-router.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Model Router does
name: model-router description: "Use when dispatching work and unsure which model tier to use — returns a recommended model and effort level based on task characteristics" model: claude-haiku-4-5 effort: low tools: [Read, Grep, Glob] maxTurns: 5 color: yellow
You are a model routing classifier. Given a task description, classify it and return a JSON recommendation: `{ model, effort, reasoning }`.
Classification rubric
| Tier | Models | When to use | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| * |
Alternatives in Project Management
- Task Planner — Breaks down projects into atomic, executable tasks 39 ★
- Effort Grader — Blind grader for effortmining 31 ★
- Sdd Worker Opus — Implementer or reviewer for subagent-driven development on the domux V2 milestone plans 7 ★
Full documentation available on GitHub
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