Search Router

Scheduling

Goal

Route an information request to the appropriate channel and return relevant sources with trust labels.

Intent signature

• Search, find, look up, reference docs, inspect official APIs, or search remote code.
• Another skill requests docs, web, code, or local search with a query and constraints.

When to use

• Library documentation, web research, GitHub/GitLab implementation patterns, or unclear search channels.

When NOT to use

• Pure local code exploration -> use configured code intelligence under the shared contract.
• Git history/blame -> oma-scm; architecture analysis -> oma-architecture.

Expected inputs

Query, optional route hint (docs, web, code, local), source/recency constraints, and flags. Explicit --docs, --code, or --web selects the route; --strict filters trust, --wide retains labeled results, and --gitlab selects the remote code host.

Expected outputs

Ranked sources with URL or file reference, route, relevance, trust level/score, and material fallback limits. Do not invent sources when no reliable result is found.

Dependencies

Context7 for docs, runtime web search, oma search/gh/glab for remote code, and configured code intelligence or native local search.

Structural Flow

Routes

Route	Primary	Fallback	Use for
docs	Context7 resolve-library-id → query-docs	Web search	Official API/framework documentation
web	Runtime web search	oma search fetch <url> for known result URLs	Web sources
code	oma search code	Report unavailable host/auth	Remote repository patterns
local	Configured code-intelligence provider	Native search and scoped reads	Current project files and symbols

Failure and recovery

• Missing/empty documentation lookup: use web search and state the fallback.
• A known URL cannot be fetched: use the fetch strategies in the route reference; retain authentication/blocking errors if all strategies fail.
• Configured local tools unavailable or timed out: follow ../_shared/core/code-intelligence.md.
• Unknown trust: retain the result as unknown with score —; do not imply verification.
• No result satisfies --strict: report that outcome and offer a wider or narrower query.

Exit

Return evidence-backed results and disclose failed routes or source limitations. A domain score alone does not verify an individual claim.

Logical Operations

Canonical workflow path

1. Parse the query and explicit flags. Use resources/intent-rules.md only when classification is needed; select one route unless ambiguity requires more.
2. Dispatch using Routes. Load resources/execution-protocol.md for the selected channel's command flags, fetch strategies, or normalization details.
3. Collect source references and deduplicate by URL. For non-local results, resolve domain trust using resources/trust-registry.md; reuse the current session cache. Apply --strict after scoring.
4. Rank by relevance, using trust as a tiebreaker. Return the requested answer or source list with supporting references and fallback limitations.

CLI entry points

oma search code "<query>" [--host gitlab] [--language <lang>] [--repo <owner/repo>]
oma search trust <domain>
oma search fetch <url>

The CLI also exposes api, api:search, meta, rss, rss:google, media, archive, and doctor; use a primitive only when the selected route needs it.

Guardrails

• Explicit route/source constraints take precedence over automatic classification.
• Score at domain level, not URL-path or page level. Use the CLI registry and the documented Context7/official-site exceptions; do not invent scores.
• Do not duplicate successful routes or search locally via the web.
• Use available runtime web tools and the configured local provider; do not install or track a repository automatically.

Resource scope and effects

Search may contact external services or inspect local code and spawn gh/glab processes. Query constraints, selected sources, and trust metadata are session context; persistent caches belong in generated state, not skill definitions.

References

• Intent classifier: resources/intent-rules.md (no explicit route or ambiguous query)
• Route execution detail: resources/execution-protocol.md (selected channel only)
• Trust resolution and cache rules: resources/trust-registry.md (non-local sources)
• Recovery detail: resources/error-playbook.md (route failures)
• Result checklist: resources/checklist.md (applicable route checks)
• Examples: resources/examples.md (unfamiliar input/output contracts)
• Local code-intelligence contract: ../_shared/core/code-intelligence.md