Omh Meta Router

---
name: "omh-meta-router"
description: "[omh] Meta-routing guidance for a leading /omh command: reason over the imperative task, consult the live workflow catalog, and select or chain the right workflow(s)."
metadata:
  hermes:
    tags: [workflow, oh-my-hermes, router]
    category: router
    phase: meta-routing
    role: guide
    quality_tier: routing-gated
---

# Meta Router

This is a Hermes-native `meta-router` workflow skill.

## Why This Exists

`meta-router` exists to turn a leading /omh command into a live catalog lookup: it reasons over the imperative task, selects or chains concrete workflows, and keeps the decision inside the observed/prepared evidence boundary instead of guessing from memory.

## Do Not Use When

- The /omh token is not the leading command token.
- The message is a bare picker alias or an OMH catalog/entrypoint question — those belong to oh-my-hermes.

## Examples

Good example:

- Prompt: /omh migrate this service off the deprecated API and add tests
- Expected behavior: Consult `omh recommend` on the remainder, then chain the recommended plan and executor workflows with explicit observed-vs-prepared evidence boundaries.
- Why: A leading /omh command with an imperative remainder is a meta-routing request that reasons over the live catalog rather than a memorized list.

Bad example:

- Prompt: omh add dark mode
- Expected behavior: Do not meta-route; a bare `omh` alias without a leading slash command is a picker/other-lane signal.
- Why: Meta-routing triggers only on a leading /omh or ./omh command token, not on a bare alias.

## Completion Checklist

- The selected workflow, confidence reason, evidence boundary, and user-facing next action are named.
- Low-confidence or conflicting signals return a picker or clarification instead of forced routing.
- Catalog answers are rendered without shell approval when wrapper metadata is sufficient.

## Recovery Notes

- If routing signals conflict, show the compact picker or ask one clarifying question.
- If wrapper metadata is unavailable, keep the recommendation advisory and avoid runtime claims.

## Workflow Lane

- Current lane: **Intent -> plan** (`oh-my-hermes`, `meta-router`, `deep-interview`, `context`, `plan`, `ralplan`, `adversarial-consensus`, `codebase-onboarding`, `+7 more`) - clarify, plan, ship, or loop goals.
- If intent belongs to another lane, hand back to `oh-my-hermes` or name the adjacent workflow.
- Shared product, routing, compatibility, and evidence rules: `omh-routing/references/skill-common-rail.md`.

## Use When

Use when the user opens a message with the /omh or ./omh command followed by an imperative task; reason over the task, consult the live OMH catalog, and select or chain the right workflow(s).

    Strong routing signals: `/omh`, `./omh`

## Catalog Metadata

Category: `router`
Phase: `meta-routing`
Hermes role: `guide`
Quality tier: `routing-gated`
Reasoning demand: `light`

Quality bar:

- Route only from a leading `/omh` or `./omh` command token with a task remainder, never from a bare alias.
- Consult the live catalog on every decision instead of a memorized or embedded skill list.
- Exclude `meta-router` from its own recommendation output and choose the next best concrete workflow or chain.
- Report the routing decision as prepared guidance, not execution, review, CI, or merge evidence.

Handoff policy:

Reason over the /omh remainder, select or chain concrete workflows from the live catalog, and prepare a selected executor/runtime handoff only when the chosen chain requires code edits; do not execute code.

Required inputs:

- leading /omh or ./omh command with an imperative remainder
- live OMH catalog via bounded `omh recommend --json` queries
- available shell/CLI or plugin tool surface

Expected outputs:

- selected workflow or chain with rationale
- consulted catalog evidence from the bounded recommend output
- observed-vs-prepared evidence boundary for the routing decision

Artifact expectations:

- runtime run record when a wrapper can observe the meta-routing decision

Safety rules:

- Trigger only on a leading `/omh` or `./omh` command token with a task remainder; bare `/omh`, `./omh`, or `omh` without a slash is a picker/other-lane signal, not meta-routing.
- Shortlist candidates from the installed `references/catalog-index.md` (name plus one-line description per skill) when it is available, then confirm with `omh recommend "<remainder>" --json --limit 3` — the recommend output stays authoritative for the selection and its policy metadata; when the remainder spans multiple stages or the top recommendation is low-confidence, re-query `omh recommend` once per stage with a rephrased stage description instead of dumping the full catalog. Never run `omh docs workflows --json` or `omh list --json` in chat context — their full-catalog output does not fit a chat budget — and never rely on a memorized or embedded skill list; the catalog changes after `omh update`.
- Never select `meta-router` itself from the recommendation output; exclude it and route to the next best concrete workflow or chain.
- Report the selected workflow(s), why, and the observed-vs-prepared evidence boundary; a routing decision is not execution, review, CI, or merge evidence.
- If no shell/CLI surface is available, ask the wrapper to run the bounded `omh recommend` queries or use the plugin tool surface; never guess the catalog from memory — say the catalog is unavailable and offer the workflow picker instead.

## Runtime Evidence

Preferred harness for this skill: `coding-handling`.

```sh
omh runtime record --skill meta-router --harness coding-handling --status started
```

Record observed delegation results; otherwise return `not_available` or `not_observed`.
Prepared OMH routing is not execution, review, CI, merge-readiness, or merge evidence.
- Treat wrapper memory/context summaries as advisory local context, not proof of opaque Hermes memory reads or changes.
Preserve workflow intent and stop conditions; verify before claiming completion.

Use Hermes-native subagent/delegation features when available: native subagents -> Hermes delegation when available, otherwise sequential lanes.

Shared product, compatibility, topology, memory, harness, and execution rules: `omh-routing/references/skill-common-rail.md`. Load it when applicable; otherwise name an unavailable capability.