model-routing SKILL.md skillA

model-routing from cmc-27/pass-the-parcel is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add cmc-27/pass-the-parcel/model-routing@v11

Pins v11 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
cmc-27/pass-the-parcel
Path
.devops/skills/model-routing/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
10
Latest version
v11, committed Sep 29, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 7, 2026
Size
9,218 bytes
Repository stars
35
License
MIT

Make sure to use this skill whenever the user mentions choosing a model, model selection, capability classes, binding models to agents or subagents, "which model for", or asking which model a run should use. Guides model choice for the parcel architecture under inherited routing — no agent declares a model, and the operator selects per gate or per batch at run time.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Model Routing (inherited routing + run-time selection)

The parcel architecture uses **inherited routing**. No agent or subagent declares a model; every agent runs on **the model selected in the CLI / picker**. Where a run actually spawns subagents, the **operator chooses** which model each gate uses, at run time.

This **supersedes registry-canonical binding** (`T1-E1.03`, 2026-09-13), which itself reversed `T1-E1.01` (2026-09-03, abstract capability slots). The lineage is recorded so the axis is never re-litigated blind: `.01` relocated the binding machinery and it kept growing; `.03` made the registry the single force-stamped source; this revision **deletes** the binding entirely rather than moving it again.

## 1. Model resolution (there is no binding surface)

| Layer | What it is | Where it lives |
|---|---|---|
| **Inherited default** | the model selected in the CLI / picker — the answer for every agent unless an override is passed | the runtime session |
| **Run-time override** | the operator's per-gate or per-batch choice for **one run** | the plan's frozen `Plan Settings.Models` row, or the batch report |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add cmc-27/pass-the-parcel/model-routing@sha256:d5ffd8454ff9b757

The line at the top of this page pins the label v11, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 10 versions of this file, between Sep 7, 2026 and Sep 29, 2026, about one every 2 days.

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v42026-09-10 0aac8bd 7,133 BA view · diff
v32026-09-07 0bc2f7a 6,967 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9218 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

cmc-27/pass-the-parcel · 35 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-02 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vq3utstsbkpdatpb
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cmc-27/pass-the-parcel/model-routing
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d5ffd8454ff9b75711dc37e081d1cc09d85688629970c17cf30297a277b4b3a4

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