diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index c769e99..5ab41cd 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ import { contextRegistry } from "./introspection/contextRegistry";
 import { ModelRouter } from "./router/modelRouter";
 import { ModelRouterOptions, ApiKeyConfig } from "./router/types";
 import { apiKeyManager } from "./router/apiKeyManager";
+export {
+  analyzeContext,
+  DEFAULT_CONTEXT_TASKS,
+  ContextAnalysisResult,
+  ContextAnalyzerOptions,
+  ContextMessage,
+  ContextSignal,
+  ContextTaskDefinition,
+  ContextTaskType
+} from "./router/contextAnalyzer";
 
 let globalBudgetManager: BudgetManager | null = null;
 let globalModelRouter: ModelRouter | null = null;
diff --git a/src/router/contextAnalyzer.ts b/src/router/contextAnalyzer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd6714b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/router/contextAnalyzer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+/**
+ * Conversation-history task analyzer for smart model routing.
+ */
+
+export type ContextTaskType =
+  | "code_generation"
+  | "code_review"
+  | "math_reasoning"
+  | "complex_reasoning"
+  | "document_analysis"
+  | "creative_writing"
+  | "translation"
+  | "simple_chat"
+  | "data_extraction"
+  | "chinese_language";
+
+export interface ContextMessage {
+  role?: string;
+  content?: unknown;
+}
+
+export interface ContextTaskDefinition {
+  taskType: ContextTaskType | string;
+  model: string;
+  reason: string;
+  keywords: string[];
+}
+
+export interface ContextAnalyzerOptions {
+  taskDefinitions?: ContextTaskDefinition[];
+  maxMessages?: number;
+  maxCharsPerMessage?: number;
+  minimumConfidence?: number;
+}
+
+export interface ContextSignal {
+  taskType: string;
+  confidence: number;
+  selectedModel: string;
+  reason: string;
+  matchedKeywords: string[];
+  evidence: string[];
+}
+
+export interface ContextAnalysisResult {
+  taskType: string;
+  confidence: number;
+  selectedModel?: string;
+  reason: string;
+  matchedKeywords: string[];
+  evidence: string[];
+  messageCount: number;
+  signals: ContextSignal[];
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_MAX_MESSAGES = 12;
+const DEFAULT_MAX_CHARS_PER_MESSAGE = 4000;
+const DEFAULT_MINIMUM_CONFIDENCE = 0.28;
+
+export const DEFAULT_CONTEXT_TASKS: ContextTaskDefinition[] = [
+  {
+    taskType: "code_generation",
+    model: "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
+    reason: "Recent conversation context indicates implementation or code generation",
+    keywords: ["write code", "create function", "implement", "build api", "develop", "component", "endpoint", "typescript", "python"]
+  },
+  {
+    taskType: "code_review",
+    model: "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
+    reason: "Recent conversation context indicates code review, debugging, or refactoring",
+    keywords: ["review", "find bugs", "debug", "refactor", "optimize code", "security review", "fix failing", "regression"]
+  },
+  {
+    taskType: "math_reasoning",
+    model: "o1-mini",
+    reason: "Recent conversation context indicates math or calculation work",
+    keywords: ["calculate", "solve equation", "formula", "derivative", "probability", "math", "compute"]
+  },
+  {
+    taskType: "complex_reasoning",
+    model: "o1",
+    reason: "Recent conversation context indicates multi-step reasoning or logical analysis",
+    keywords: ["step by step", "reason", "deduce", "prove", "root cause", "tradeoff", "logic", "analyze"]
+  },
+  {
+    taskType: "document_analysis",
+    model: "gemini-2.5-pro",
+    reason: "Recent conversation context indicates document analysis or summarization",
+    keywords: ["summarize document", "analyze document", "pdf", "contract", "research paper", "report", "transcript", "extract from"]
+  },
+  {
+    taskType: "creative_writing",
+    model: "gpt-4o",
+    reason: "Recent conversation context indicates creative writing or content drafting",
+    keywords: ["write story", "blog post", "creative", "copywriting", "article", "tone", "product description"]
+  },
+  {
+    taskType: "translation",
+    model: "gpt-4o-mini",
+    reason: "Recent conversation context indicates translation or localization",
+    keywords: ["translate", "translation", "convert to spanish", "convert to french", "localize", "into english"]
+  },
+  {
+    taskType: "simple_chat",
+    model: "gpt-4o-mini",
+    reason: "Recent conversation context is lightweight chat",
+    keywords: ["hello", "hi", "thanks", "quick question", "help me", "what is"]
+  },
+  {
+    taskType: "data_extraction",
+    model: "gpt-4o-mini",
+    reason: "Recent conversation context indicates structured extraction or parsing",
+    keywords: ["extract data", "parse json", "structured output", "csv", "table", "fields", "pull data"]
+  },
+  {
+    taskType: "chinese_language",
+    model: "moonshot-v1-32k",
+    reason: "Recent conversation context contains Chinese language signals",
+    keywords: ["chinese", "mandarin", "中文", "汉语", "普通话", "翻译"]
+  }
+];
+
+/**
+ * Analyze recent conversation history and infer the most likely smart-routing task.
+ */
+export function analyzeContext(
+  history: ContextMessage[] | string,
+  options: ContextAnalyzerOptions = {}
+): ContextAnalysisResult {
+  const messages = normalizeHistory(history, options);
+  if (messages.length === 0) {
+    return createUnknownResult("Conversation history is empty", 0);
+  }
+
+  const definitions = options.taskDefinitions ?? DEFAULT_CONTEXT_TASKS;
+  const minimumConfidence = options.minimumConfidence ?? DEFAULT_MINIMUM_CONFIDENCE;
+  const signals = definitions
+    .map((definition) => analyzeTask(definition, messages))
+    .filter((signal): signal is ContextSignal => signal !== null)
+    .sort((a, b) => b.confidence - a.confidence);
+
+  const best = signals[0];
+  if (!best || best.confidence < minimumConfidence) {
+    return {
+      ...createUnknownResult("No confident context match", messages.length),
+      signals
+    };
+  }
+
+  return {
+    taskType: best.taskType,
+    confidence: best.confidence,
+    selectedModel: best.selectedModel,
+    reason: best.reason,
+    matchedKeywords: best.matchedKeywords,
+    evidence: best.evidence,
+    messageCount: messages.length,
+    signals
+  };
+}
+
+function normalizeHistory(
+  history: ContextMessage[] | string,
+  options: ContextAnalyzerOptions
+): string[] {
+  const maxMessages = Math.max(1, options.maxMessages ?? DEFAULT_MAX_MESSAGES);
+  const maxChars = Math.max(1, options.maxCharsPerMessage ?? DEFAULT_MAX_CHARS_PER_MESSAGE);
+
+  if (typeof history === "string") {
+    const text = normalizeContent(history).slice(0, maxChars);
+    return text ? [text] : [];
+  }
+
+  if (!Array.isArray(history)) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const usableMessages = history.some((message) => message.role !== "assistant")
+    ? history.filter((message) => message.role !== "assistant")
+    : history;
+
+  return usableMessages
+    .slice(-maxMessages)
+    .map((message) => normalizeContent(message.content).slice(0, maxChars))
+    .filter(Boolean);
+}
+
+function normalizeContent(content: unknown): string {
+  if (typeof content === "string") {
+    return content.trim();
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(content)) {
+    return content
+      .map((part) => {
+        if (typeof part === "string") {
+          return part;
+        }
+        if (part && typeof part === "object" && "text" in part) {
+          return String((part as { text?: unknown }).text ?? "");
+        }
+        return "";
+      })
+      .join(" ")
+      .trim();
+  }
+
+  if (content && typeof content === "object" && "text" in content) {
+    return String((content as { text?: unknown }).text ?? "").trim();
+  }
+
+  return "";
+}
+
+function analyzeTask(
+  definition: ContextTaskDefinition,
+  messages: string[]
+): ContextSignal | null {
+  const seen = new Set<string>();
+  const matchedKeywords: string[] = [];
+  const evidence: string[] = [];
+  let weightedScore = 0;
+
+  messages.forEach((message, index) => {
+    const normalized = normalizeText(message);
+    if (!normalized) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const recencyWeight = 1 + index / Math.max(messages.length, 1);
+    for (const rawKeyword of definition.keywords) {
+      const keyword = normalizeText(rawKeyword);
+      if (!keyword || !normalized.includes(keyword)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      weightedScore += recencyWeight;
+      if (!seen.has(keyword)) {
+        seen.add(keyword);
+        matchedKeywords.push(rawKeyword);
+      }
+      if (evidence.length < 3) {
+        evidence.push(trimEvidence(message));
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  if (matchedKeywords.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const coverage = matchedKeywords.length / Math.max(definition.keywords.length, 1);
+  const score = 0.16 + coverage * 0.44 + Math.min(weightedScore * 0.11, 0.38);
+  const confidence = Number(Math.min(0.98, score).toFixed(2));
+
+  return {
+    taskType: definition.taskType,
+    confidence,
+    selectedModel: definition.model,
+    reason: definition.reason,
+    matchedKeywords,
+    evidence: Array.from(new Set(evidence))
+  };
+}
+
+function normalizeText(value: string): string {
+  return value.toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
+}
+
+function trimEvidence(value: string): string {
+  const normalized = value.replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
+  return normalized.length > 160 ? `${normalized.slice(0, 157)}...` : normalized;
+}
+
+function createUnknownResult(reason: string, messageCount: number): ContextAnalysisResult {
+  return {
+    taskType: "unknown",
+    confidence: 0,
+    reason,
+    matchedKeywords: [],
+    evidence: [],
+    messageCount,
+    signals: []
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/context-analyzer.test.js b/tests/context-analyzer.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2857377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/context-analyzer.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/**
+ * Context analyzer tests.
+ *
+ * Run: node tests/context-analyzer.test.js
+ */
+
+const { analyzeContext } = require("../dist/index.js");
+
+function assert(condition, message) {
+  if (!condition) {
+    throw new Error(message);
+  }
+}
+
+try {
+  const contextualCode = analyzeContext([
+    { role: "user", content: "Can you help me design the endpoint?" },
+    { role: "assistant", content: "Sure, what should it do?" },
+    { role: "user", content: "Implement the TypeScript API handler and create function tests for it." },
+  ]);
+  assert(contextualCode.taskType === "code_generation", "recent code context should win");
+  assert(contextualCode.selectedModel === "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022", "code context should recommend Claude");
+  assert(contextualCode.confidence >= 0.4, "code context should have useful confidence");
+  assert(contextualCode.matchedKeywords.includes("implement"), "matched keywords should include evidence");
+
+  const olderGreetingRecentMath = analyzeContext([
+    { role: "user", content: "hello, quick question" },
+    { role: "assistant", content: "Hi!" },
+    { role: "user", content: "Please calculate the probability and solve equation x + 4 = 9." },
+  ]);
+  assert(olderGreetingRecentMath.taskType === "math_reasoning", "recent math context should outrank older chat");
+  assert(olderGreetingRecentMath.selectedModel === "o1-mini", "math context should recommend o1-mini");
+
+  const custom = analyzeContext("Prior messages keep mentioning urgent legal discovery review", {
+    taskDefinitions: [
+      {
+        taskType: "legal_review",
+        model: "gemini-2.5-pro",
+        reason: "Legal history needs long context",
+        keywords: ["legal discovery", "review"],
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+  assert(custom.taskType === "legal_review", "custom context definitions should be supported");
+  assert(custom.matchedKeywords.length === 2, "custom keywords should be returned");
+
+  const empty = analyzeContext([]);
+  assert(empty.taskType === "unknown", "empty context should return unknown");
+  assert(empty.confidence === 0, "empty context confidence should be zero");
+
+  const bounded = analyzeContext([
+    { role: "user", content: "implement the handler" },
+    { role: "user", content: "calculate the formula" },
+  ], {
+    maxMessages: 1,
+  });
+  assert(bounded.taskType === "math_reasoning", "maxMessages should bound analysis to recent turns");
+
+  console.log("Context analyzer tests passed.");
+} catch (error) {
+  console.error("Context analyzer tests failed:", error.message);
+  process.exit(1);
+}