Router files

Router files are short Markdown files in brain/routers/ that say where things are. They’re the curated index: Laika Orbit recall weighs them above file names and contents, so a good router line is how a question finds its answer.

## 1 — deploys

- Files: notes/deploy.md — how production deploys are rolled back
- Rules: notes/freeze.md — no deploys on Fridays after 2pm
- Reference: docs/architecture.md — how the services talk to each other

Format

Group pointers under ## headings (stages or topics). Each pointer is one line:

- <Type>: <path or name> — <description>

Type	Use it for
Files	A concrete file or glob
Reference	Background material
Rules	Hard constraints
Thinking	Principles and canonical notes
Skills	A capability or command to run

Writing descriptions

The description is what gets scored. Write it the way the question will be asked, not the way the file is named:

• ✗ notes/deploy.md — deploy doc
• ✓ notes/deploy.md — how production deploys are rolled back

When recall answers from a router line, it follows that one pointer to the file and returns the matching section: one hop, never more.

Checking them

npx laikaorbit lint

reports malformed lines and pointers to files that don’t exist.