What is effort-router?
effort-router is a Claude Code mod by nextscape that picks low/medium/high/xhigh effort per prompt for Opus/Sonnet/Haiku 5.5+ and Fable/Mythos 5.1+ by how uncertain and costly the work is, raising it mid-turn when a turn runs long; a typed. It is listed under Cost & usage and has 3 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | nextscape |
| Repository | nextscape/ns-mods |
| Popularity | 3 GitHub stars |
| Category | Cost & usage |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #836 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #159 in Cost & usage |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-08 |
| Stars this week | +1 |
| Hooks | 6 events |
| Sees | AskUserQuestion calls, every tool call |
| Draws on | nothing |
Is effort-router safe to install?
effort-router scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 7 of 8 checks.
Mod footprints come from claude plugin validate, which lists every event a mod hooks and every API call it makes without running it.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No network access | Pass |
| Starts no processes | Pass |
| Writes no files or config | Pass |
| Doesn't read environment variables | Pass |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| Passes claude plugin validate | Pass |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.model.classify | drives Claude |
$.session.model | |
$.settings.read | reads settings |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.store.delete | keeps its own state |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.ui.status | draws interface |
How do I install effort-router?
- Check your Claude Code version. Mods need Claude Code 2.1.287 or later and are on by default.
claude --version
- Read its footprint. This lists every event it hooks and every API call it makes, without running it.
git clone https://github.com/nextscape/ns-mods claude plugin validate ./ns-mods/mods/effort-router
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add nextscape/ns-mods && claude plugin install effort-router@nextscape-mods
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs effort-router for you:
Install the "effort-router" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/nextscape/ns-mods/tree/main/mods/effort-router. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.
More from nextscape/ns-mods
This repository has 4 Claude Code mods on MCPMods.
- git-nudge: Notices when the session's git repository falls behind its upstream, leaves work behind (uncommitted changes, stashes, a (Review before installing)
- quality-router: Quality-first routing: picks main-loop effort (medium to max) per request, assigns model and effort to subagents by kind (Review before installing)
- voice-notify: Speaks Claude Code turn results aloud with VOICEVOX on Windows, macOS and Linux (CLI); long turns are summarized by Haik (High risk)