Knowledge Router
Produce a validated retrieval and ownership route from a bounded source
catalog. This skill decides where evidence should come from and who owns the
answer; it does not answer the question or perform the follow-up operation.
business-ops routes a business signal across action lanes such as release,
outreach, spend, and proof. knowledge-router instead resolves references
inside an explicit knowledge catalog. Its deterministic validator rejects
invented sources, owners, and skills.
Source catalog
Supply:
{
"sources": [
{"id": "auth-docs", "kind": "docs", "summary": "API authentication and key scopes"}
],
"owners": [
{"id": "security-team", "domains": ["authentication"]}
],
"skills": [
{"id": "research", "purpose": "Resolve a bounded source-backed question"}
]
}
Every selected reference must exist in the corresponding catalog collection.
The route may return no follow-up skill when more context or manual review is
the honest outcome.
Procedure
- Match the question or event to supplied source summaries and owner domains.
- Propose the smallest source set needed to resolve the question.
- Select an owner only when the catalog supports the ownership relationship.
- Select a follow-up skill only when its declared purpose matches the next job.
- Use
manual_review for consequential legal, billing, security, privacy, or
destructive decisions—not merely because the topic belongs to those teams.
- Validate every source, owner, and skill reference deterministically.
- Return
needs_more_context when no supported route exists.
Output
route: domain, rationale, and validated source references.
source_matches: validated source references and matching signals.
owner_recommendation: validated owner reference, rationale, and escalation
posture, or null.
next_skill: validated skill reference and rationale, or null.
verdict: routed, needs_more_context, manual_review, or the
deterministic validator's refused result for an invented reference.
validation: catalog digest inputs, invalid-reference findings, and result.
Inputs
question (required): question, event, or thread summary to route.
available_sources (required): explicit sources, owners, and skills
collections.
constraints (optional): allowed sources, sensitivity, excluded systems, or
preferred owners. Constraints are not authority.
Agent task contracts
knowledge-router-propose
Route the question through only the supplied knowledge catalog. Return route_proposal with
verdict, route, source_matches, owner_recommendation, and next_skill. Every selected source_ref,
owner_ref, and skill_ref must exactly match a supplied id. Choose the smallest useful source
set. Use needs_more_context with no selected refs when the catalog cannot support a route. Use
manual_review for consequential legal, billing, security, privacy, or destructive decisions, not
merely because the topic belongs to those domains. Do not answer the question or perform the
follow-up skill.
1---2name: knowledge-router3description: Route one question or source event through a supplied knowledge catalog to validated source, owner, escalation, and follow-up skill references. Use for evidence discovery and ownership routing, not broad business-action fanout or answering the question itself.4---56# Knowledge Router78Produce a validated retrieval and ownership route from a bounded source9catalog. This skill decides where evidence should come from and who owns the10answer; it does not answer the question or perform the follow-up operation.1112`business-ops` routes a business signal across action lanes such as release,13outreach, spend, and proof. `knowledge-router` instead resolves references14inside an explicit knowledge catalog. Its deterministic validator rejects15invented sources, owners, and skills.1617## Source catalog1819Supply:2021```json22{23 "sources": [24 {"id": "auth-docs", "kind": "docs", "summary": "API authentication and key scopes"}25 ],26 "owners": [27 {"id": "security-team", "domains": ["authentication"]}28 ],29 "skills": [30 {"id": "research", "purpose": "Resolve a bounded source-backed question"}31 ]32}33```3435Every selected reference must exist in the corresponding catalog collection.36The route may return no follow-up skill when more context or manual review is37the honest outcome.3839## Procedure40411. Match the question or event to supplied source summaries and owner domains.422. Propose the smallest source set needed to resolve the question.433. Select an owner only when the catalog supports the ownership relationship.444. Select a follow-up skill only when its declared purpose matches the next job.455. Use `manual_review` for consequential legal, billing, security, privacy, or46 destructive decisions—not merely because the topic belongs to those teams.476. Validate every source, owner, and skill reference deterministically.487. Return `needs_more_context` when no supported route exists.4950## Output5152- `route`: domain, rationale, and validated source references.53- `source_matches`: validated source references and matching signals.54- `owner_recommendation`: validated owner reference, rationale, and escalation55 posture, or `null`.56- `next_skill`: validated skill reference and rationale, or `null`.57- `verdict`: `routed`, `needs_more_context`, `manual_review`, or the58 deterministic validator's `refused` result for an invented reference.59- `validation`: catalog digest inputs, invalid-reference findings, and result.6061## Inputs6263- `question` (required): question, event, or thread summary to route.64- `available_sources` (required): explicit `sources`, `owners`, and `skills`65 collections.66- `constraints` (optional): allowed sources, sensitivity, excluded systems, or67 preferred owners. Constraints are not authority.6869## Agent task contracts7071### `knowledge-router-propose`7273Route the question through only the supplied knowledge catalog. Return route_proposal with74verdict, route, source_matches, owner_recommendation, and next_skill. Every selected source_ref,75owner_ref, and skill_ref must exactly match a supplied id. Choose the smallest useful source76set. Use needs_more_context with no selected refs when the catalog cannot support a route. Use77manual_review for consequential legal, billing, security, privacy, or destructive decisions, not78merely because the topic belongs to those domains. Do not answer the question or perform the79follow-up skill.