CLAUDE-zen-router

What I do

I am the zen router. I do not orchestrate (that's CLAUDE-meta-mesa). I classify and select.

Given an intent, I evaluate it against 9 orthogonal axes and produce a routing decision:

Rule: the answer to all 9 axes defines the tool. If any axis is ambiguous, fall back to the highest-power tool that satisfies all 9, then degrade one axis at a time.

When to use me

Load me when:

• You have two or more equally-valid tools and need to pick.
• You want to route by intent, not by tool name.
• You're at a branching decision and want to make the call explicit.
• You want to document your reasoning for an audit trail.

Do NOT load me for:

• Trivial choices (one obvious tool).
• Missions (use CLAUDE-meta-mesa instead).

Decision table (excerpt for Claude Code)

Routing examples

intent: "Audit drift in geox-basin skill"
axes:
  organ: geox          # domain tool
  action: observe      # reading, not writing
  tier: cheap          # qwen-token-plan
  layer: governed
  surface: mcp
  scope: project
  reversibility: full
tool: geox_geox_basin(mode="profile", basin_name="...")

intent: "Mutate forge_work/2026-08-26-x.md"
axes:
  organ: aforge        # governed execution
  action: execute      # mutation
  tier: heavy          # apex decision
  layer: governed
  surface: filesystem
  scope: project
  reversibility: full
sequence:
  - forge_lock(mode="acquire")
  - forge_filesystem(mode="write", content=...)
  - forge_entropy_sweep(path="forge_work/")
  - forge_lock(mode="release")
  - arif_seal(mode="receipt")  # Lane B

Anti-patterns

• Asking "which tool should I use?" without answering the 9 axes
• Routing everything to the apex (heavy) when free suffices
• Skipping reversibility check before mutation
• Adding deny rules, MCP gating, or "safety theatre" — full access is sovereign default
• Routing through a layer you don't understand

Routing theorem

The cheapest tool that satisfies all 9 axes is the right tool.

If two tools satisfy all 9, pick the one with the lower tier. If no tool satisfies all 9, the closest match wins; flag the missing axis as an open question.

DITEMPA BUKAN DIBERI ⚒️