Research Router

Most career-os work is reasoning over user-specific context — Claude is right. But bulk web-shaped research (domain enumeration, ecosystem mapping, public-financials briefs) is cost-dominated. This skill is the routing decision: should this call use Claude, or hand off to a cheaper model.

The skill itself doesn't call any model — it returns a routing decision the caller acts on.

Inputs

$ARGUMENTS:

• Required: --task=<task-name> — the calling skill or task type (e.g. discover-by-domain, brief-company-financials, meeting-prep).
• Optional: --override=<model> — force a specific routing target.

Procedure

1. Load config

Read config.yaml (or workspace config). Keys:

• RESEARCH_MODEL — claude (default) | deepseek-pro | deepseek-flash | auto.
• OPENROUTER_MCP — name of installed OpenRouter MCP, if any.