Inspirational Vision Background
The Ideas-to-Life Philosophy

Dual-Path Routing

Classify user intent into a small set of routes and dispatch to specialized handlers to optimize responses for different request types.

Confidence: high Pattern ID: dual-path-routing exploring
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Diagram for Dual-Path Routing

Intent

Direct user queries to the most appropriate specialized handler.

Context

Used to decide between generating a chart or returning a text response. A lightweight LLM classification produces an intent decision (CHAT vs CHART), and the orchestrator dispatches to the corresponding agent.

Agentic profile • System shape: unknown • Orchestration mode: unknown

Agent-to-agent interaction • Present: unknown • Mechanism: unknown • Evidence: unknown

Tool protocols • MCP: unknown • Tool calling: unknown • Evidence: unknown

Optimisation target • Primary: unknown • Secondary: unknown • Notes: unknown

Simplicity vs autonomy • Position: unknown • Rationale: unknown

Forces • Specialized capabilities • Efficiency

Solution • Add a router that classifies user intent into a small set of routes (e.g., CHAT vs CHART). • Use a schema for the route decision to keep routing predictable. • Dispatch from the orchestrator to the specialized handler based on the router result.

Implementation signals • Dedicated router module • Intent classification schema

Evidence • src/router/router.py#async_route — Returns RouteDecision • src/agents/orchestrator.py#ADKOrchestrator.chat — Dispatches based on intent

Consequences

Benefits • Separation of concerns • Optimized handling

Costs • Latency of extra LLM call • Router accuracy dependency

Failure modes • Misclassification leads to wrong agent

Reuse notes • Use a router when handling diverse request types. • Keep the route set small and the decision schema explicit.

Confidence

High — routing and dispatch behavior are evidenced in both the router and orchestrator.

Sources & References

  • agentic-ai-architecture