The Intent Router is an intelligent framework that maps natural language user intents to specific AI agent skills using advanced, local routing strategies.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install openclaw-intent-router
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install openclaw-intent-router using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Intent Router Skill?
Intent Router is a high-performance capability routing framework designed to streamline how AI agents process complex requests. By analyzing natural language, it effectively solves the challenge of determining which registered skill is best suited to handle a specific user command.
As a core component of the Openclaw Skills ecosystem, this tool operates entirely locally. It ensures data privacy and low latency by eliminating the need for external API keys, remote servers, or telemetry. It provides developers with a robust way to manage multiple agent capabilities through a single, intelligent entry point.
Intent Router Skill Use Cases
- Routing user requests to specialized sub-agents such as code generators, image analysts, or data processors.
- Implementing intent-based message processing within advanced chatbot frameworks.
- Functioning as an intelligent API gateway that routes to microservices based on request intent instead of static URL patterns.
- Mapping voice assistant commands to appropriate action handlers with high-precision confidence scoring.
- Triggering complex workflow automation via natural language triggers, removing the need for hardcoded rule sets.
How Intent Router Skill Works
- Developers register various skills with the router, defining names, descriptions, and specific trigger keywords or patterns.
- The user provides a natural language input representing their intent.
- The router analyzes the input using one of three strategies: Keyword Matching, Semantic Matching, or a Hybrid approach.
- The engine calculates a confidence score (ranging from 0 to 1) for every potential match.
- The router identifies the primary match and any alternatives, routing the execution to the most appropriate skill handler.
Intent Router Skill Setup
Install the package directly via npm to start building with Openclaw Skills:
npm install openclaw-intent-router
For global CLI access to test routing logic:
npm install -g openclaw-intent-router
intent-router --version
To build from source for a customized environment:
git clone https://github.com/ZhenRobotics/openclaw-intent-router.git
cd openclaw-intent-router
npm install
npm run build
Intent Router Skill Data Schema & Taxonomy
The Intent Router organizes skill metadata and routing results using a structured schema:
| Component | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Skill Definition | Object | Includes name, description, and an array of triggers. |
| Match Result | Object | Contains the primary match, confidence score, and list of alternatives. |
| Router Configuration | Object | Defines matchingStrategy (hybrid/keyword/semantic) and confidenceThreshold. |
| Execution Params | Object | Key-value pairs extracted from the intent to be passed to the skill handler. |
Intent Router Skill Advanced Features
- Multi-strategy matching allowing developers to toggle between fast keyword lookups and deep semantic understanding.
- Configurable confidence thresholds to ensure only high-certainty matches trigger agent actions.
- Full TypeScript support providing end-to-end type safety for skill registration and execution.
- High-concurrency support, capable of managing and routing between over 1,000 skills simultaneously.
- Detailed verbose output via the CLI for debugging complex intent matching scenarios.
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