What is model-router?
model-router is a Claude Code mod by GambetaClub that picks the model and the reasoning effort for each task with TypeSafe's Jev, a System One decision model reached either through TypeSafe's own API or the Vercel AI Gateway. Routes subagent. It is listed under Git & CI and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | GambetaClub |
| Repository | GambetaClub/model-router |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Git & CI |
| Security | Review before installing (72/100) |
| Rank | #3,251 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #235 in Git & CI |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-10 |
| Hooks | 8 events |
| Sees | compaction, every prompt, subagent spawns |
| Draws on | nothing |
Is model-router safe to install?
model-router scores 72/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: sends data over the network; watches every prompt or event. It passed 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Sends data over the network | Review |
| Starts no processes | Pass |
| Writes no files or config | Pass |
| Doesn't read environment variables | Pass |
| Watches every prompt or event | Review |
| 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 | |
$.clock.sleep | |
$.command.register | |
$.http.fetch | network requests |
$.model.classify | drives Claude |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.turn.abort | drives Claude |
$.ui.log | draws interface |
$.ui.status | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install model-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/GambetaClub/model-router claude plugin validate ./model-router/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
git clone https://github.com/GambetaClub/model-router && claude --plugin-dir ./model-router/.
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs model-router for you:
Install the "model-router" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/GambetaClub/model-router. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.