---
id: "quote-routing-signal"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["15:28:00"]
tags: ["routing", "architecture"]
related: ["concept-description-routing-signal", "concept-orchestrator-pattern"]
speaker: "Nate B. Jones"
speakers: ["Nate B. Jones"]
sources: ["s43-file-format-agreement"]
sourceVaultSlug: "s43-file-format-agreement"
originDay: 43
---
# Routing signal, not a label

> *"The description becomes a routing signal, not a label. You are basically telling the agent through that little description where it should go in the workflow."*
>
> — [[entity-nate-b-jones]]

## Context

The key conceptual reframe behind [[concept-description-routing-signal]]. Particularly important in the [[concept-orchestrator-pattern]], where the orchestrator picks sub-agents purely from descriptions.

## Why It's Quotable

A single-sentence reformulation that changes how the reader writes every future skill description.