# lemonade-router-builder

This skill converts plain-English routing instructions into a valid Lemonade collection.router policy JSON. Use it to split traffic between small local models and larger cloud LLMs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 807 installs · ★ 465
- Author: amd
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/amd/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/lemonade-router-builder/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/lemonade-router-builder

## What it does

The skill builds a `collection.router` JSON document for Lemonade from your spoken or written instructions. It prepares the required envelope with `version: "1"`, a derived name matching `user.<Name>`, and the `collection.router` recipe. You can configure either an LLM judge via `routing.router` or deterministic filtering through `routing.rules`.

Authoring does not need an active GPU or ROCm. The bundled `scripts/validate.py` script checks the resulting schema offline using standard Python 3.x. Note that `routing.router` and `routing.rules` are strictly mutually exclusive: putting both blocks into one configuration will fail server validation immediately.

This helper only generates and validates the policy file. It never calls the running server. To actually run and test requests, you need Lemonade Server v11.5.0 or newer started locally via `lemonade server start`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amd/skills --skill lemonade-router-builder -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/lemonade-router-builder/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/lemonade-router-builder/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amd/skills --skill lemonade-router-builder -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/lemonade-router-builder/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amd/skills --skill lemonade-router-builder -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/lemonade-router-builder/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install amd/skills lemonade-router-builder
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/lemonade-router-builder/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amd/skills --skill lemonade-router-builder -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/amd/skills --path skills/lemonade-router-builder
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/lemonade-router-builder/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amd/skills --skill lemonade-router-builder -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/amd/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/lemonade-router-builder/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate a collection.router policy JSON from natural language
- split inference traffic between local and cloud models
- configure keyword and PII classifier routing rules
- validate router schemas offline using scripts/validate.py

## Example prompts
- Configure Lemonade router to send sensitive queries to Gemma-3-4b-it-GGUF and everything else to Qwen3.5-9B-GGUF
- Generate a collection.router JSON policy to route requests between a small local model and a cloud model
- Create deterministic routing rules using keyword detection and fallback handling

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: lemonade-router-builder
description: >-
  Turns a natural-language description of routing intent into a valid Lemonade
  `collection.router` policy JSON. The skill generates and validates the JSON
  only - it does not register it or call the live server.
  Use when the user wants to route requests between models ("route sensitive
  queries to X and everything else to Y"), generate a router/hybrid-router
  config or policy, author a collection.router JSON, split traffic between a
  small local model and a big/cloud model, add PII/jailbreak/topic classifiers
  to routing, or mentions Lemonade Router, routing rules, routing.router,
  candidates/default_model, keywords_any, semantic_similarity, or LLM-as-router.
  Fills every field the user did not specify with safe defaults.
---

# Lemonade Router Config Generator

Generate a **`collection.router` policy JSON** from a plain-English description
of how requests should be routed. The skill produces and validates the JSON
only - it does not call the live server, register the policy, or run requests
through it. The JSON is accepted by the strict server-side parser on the first
try and stays editable in the desktop app's Hybrid Router editor.

## Prerequisites

- **Lemonade Server v11.5.0+** running locally (`lemonade server start`).
  Required only to register and test the generated policy - the skill itself
  (JSON generation + offline validation) works without a live server.
- **No GPU or ROCm dependency** for authoring. The router policy is a JSON
  document; no hardware is needed to generate or validate it.
- **Python** (any 3.x) in PATH - used by the bundled offline validator
  (`scripts/validate.py`). No extra packages required.

The router picks one **candidate** model per request. Two authoring modes
exist, and choosing the right one is the first decision:

| Mode | JSON shape | When |
|------|-----------|------|
| **LLM-as-router** | `routing.router` block | The user describes intent only by *meaning* ("sensitive", "hard questions", "creative writing") with no concrete signals. A small LLM reads each prompt and picks the candidate. |
| **Rules** | `routing.rules` (+ optional `routing.classifiers`) | The user names any concrete signal: keywords, regex, length, tools, images, metadata, PII/topic classifiers, thresholds, "first match", fallback logic. Deterministic, no extra LLM call for simple conditions. |

`routing.router` is **mutually exclusive** with `routing.rules` and
`routing.classifiers` - never emit both.

## Step 1 - Extract from the user's words

- **Candidates**: the models that may *answer* requests. Verbatim model names
  (e.g. `Gemma-3-4b-it-GGUF`). If the user names none, ask - never invent
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