route

Manual Model Router

Override automatic model selection and force a specific Claude model for your query.

Usage

/route <model> <query>

Where <model> is one of:

• haiku or fast - Use Haiku for simple, quick tasks
• sonnet or standard - Use Sonnet for typical coding tasks
• opus or deep - Use Opus for complex analysis

Instructions

Parse $ARGUMENTS to extract the model and query:

1. Extract model - The first word should be the model name (haiku/fast, sonnet/standard, opus/deep)
2. Extract query - Everything after the model name is the query to execute
3. Validate - If no valid model is specified, show usage help
4. Route - Use the Task tool to spawn the appropriate subagent:
   • haiku/fast -> spawn "fast-executor" subagent with model: haiku
   • sonnet/standard -> spawn "standard-executor" subagent with model: sonnet
   • opus/deep -> spawn "deep-executor" subagent with model: opus
5. Return - Prefix the response with the model override info

Model Mapping

Argument	Executor	Model
haiku or fast	fast-executor	Haiku
sonnet or standard	standard-executor	Sonnet
opus or deep	deep-executor	Opus

Examples

Force Opus for a simple question

/route opus What's the syntax for a TypeScript interface?

Result: Routes to Opus (deep-executor) regardless of query complexity.

Force Haiku for any task

/route haiku Fix the authentication bug in login.ts

Result: Routes to Haiku (fast-executor) for cost savings.

Force Sonnet explicitly

/route sonnet Design a caching system

Result: Routes to Sonnet (standard-executor).

Error Handling

If the user doesn't provide a valid model, respond with:

Usage: /route <model> <query>

Models:
  haiku, fast     - Quick, simple tasks (cheapest)
  sonnet, standard - Typical coding tasks (default)
  opus, deep      - Complex analysis (most capable)

Example: /route opus Analyze the security of this authentication flow