increment-work-router

What This Skill Does

The increment-work-router is an advanced workflow orchestration agent designed to eliminate the friction between conceptualizing a feature and initiating its implementation. It acts as an intelligent gatekeeper that monitors incoming user requests for implementation intent. By analyzing natural language patterns—such as "implement," "build," or "resume"—the skill automatically queries the current system state, specifically looking for active project increments within the OpenClaw environment.

Once the intent is validated, the router performs a contextual relevance check. If an existing increment matches the user's request, the agent proactively routes the workflow to the appropriate execution context (typically triggering /sw:do or /sw:increment). If multiple increments are found, it facilitates a user-friendly selection process, and if no relevant increment exists, it suggests creating a new one. This ensures that the developer stays in a flow state rather than manually managing state files or configuration parameters.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your environment, use the OpenClaw CLI: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/anton-abyzov/sw-increment-work-router

Use Cases

This skill is indispensable for developers who work in iterative cycles or complex, multi-feature environments. It is ideal for:

• Seamlessly picking up complex features after a break.
• Quickly switching contexts between different components of a project.
• Managing bug fixes without needing to manually find the relevant increment folder.
• Ensuring that all new work is properly associated with an existing project specification.

Example Prompts

1. "I'm ready to continue working on the user authentication module now."
2. "Let's build the new payment gateway integration we were discussing."
3. "Finish the task of refactoring the database connection helper."

Tips & Limitations

• Tip: Be specific with your intent. While the router handles medium-confidence triggers (e.g., "let's continue"), providing a target ("continue the UI work") yields faster results.
• Tip: Keep your task files (tasks.md) updated, as the router uses these for relevance scoring.
• Limitation: The router is not designed for brainstorming or high-level planning. If you are in the ideation phase, use the increment-planner skill instead to avoid premature routing.
• Limitation: It relies on file system metadata. Ensure that the OpenClaw directory structure is intact for accurate detection.