diff --git a/examples/cluster2.lua b/examples/cluster2.lua
index d249e7ac..5274c5a6 100644
--- a/examples/cluster2.lua
+++ b/examples/cluster2.lua
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ local skynet = require "skynet"
 local cluster = require "skynet.cluster"
 
 skynet.start(function()
-	-- query name "sdb" of cluster db.
-	local sdb = cluster.query("db", "sdb")
-	print("db.sbd=",sdb)
-	local proxy = cluster.proxy("db", sdb)
+	local proxy = cluster.proxy "db@sdb"	-- cluster.proxy("db", "@sdb")
 	local largekey = string.rep("X", 128*1024)
 	local largevalue = string.rep("R", 100 * 1024)
 	skynet.call(proxy, "lua", "SET", largekey, largevalue)
@@ -13,9 +10,9 @@ skynet.start(function()
 	assert(largevalue == v)
 	skynet.send(proxy, "lua", "PING", "proxy")
 
-	print(cluster.call("db", sdb, "GET", "a"))
-	print(cluster.call("db2", sdb, "GET", "b"))
-	cluster.send("db2", sdb, "PING", "db2:longstring" .. largevalue)
+	print(cluster.call("db", "@sdb", "GET", "a"))
+	print(cluster.call("db2", "@sdb", "GET", "b"))
+	cluster.send("db2", "@sdb", "PING", "db2:longstring" .. largevalue)
 
 	-- test snax service
 	skynet.timeout(300,function()
@@ -23,7 +20,7 @@ skynet.start(function()
 			db = false,	-- db is down
 			db3 = "127.0.0.1:2529"
 		}
-		print(pcall(cluster.call, "db", sdb, "GET", "a"))	-- db is down
+		print(pcall(cluster.call, "db", "@sdb", "GET", "a"))	-- db is down
 	end)
 	local pingserver = cluster.snax("db3", "pingserver")
 	print(pingserver.req.ping "hello")
diff --git a/lualib-src/lua-cluster.c b/lualib-src/lua-cluster.c
index 8ea8ad08..4f1f0092 100644
--- a/lualib-src/lua-cluster.c
+++ b/lualib-src/lua-cluster.c
@@ -553,6 +553,16 @@ lconcat(lua_State *L) {
 	return 2;
 }
 
+static int
+lisname(lua_State *L) {
+	const char * name = lua_tostring(L, 1);
+	if (name && name[0] == '@') {
+		lua_pushboolean(L, 1);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 LUAMOD_API int
 luaopen_skynet_cluster_core(lua_State *L) {
 	luaL_Reg l[] = {
@@ -563,6 +573,7 @@ luaopen_skynet_cluster_core(lua_State *L) {
 		{ "unpackresponse", lunpackresponse },
 		{ "append", lappend },
 		{ "concat", lconcat },
+		{ "isname", lisname },
 		{ NULL, NULL },
 	};
 	luaL_checkversion(L);
diff --git a/service/clusteragent.lua b/service/clusteragent.lua
index be201552..bfb9efd6 100644
--- a/service/clusteragent.lua
+++ b/service/clusteragent.lua
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ fd = tonumber(fd)
 local large_request = {}
 local register_name = {}
 
+setmetatable(register_name, { __index =
+	function(self, name)
+		local addr = skynet.call(clusterd, "lua", "queryname", name:sub(2))	-- name must be '@xxxx'
+		if addr then
+			self[name] = addr
+		end
+		return addr
+	end
+})
+
 local function dispatch_request(_,_,addr, session, msg, sz, padding, is_push)
 	if padding then
 		local req = large_request[session] or { addr = addr , is_push = is_push }
@@ -36,11 +46,7 @@ local function dispatch_request(_,_,addr, session, msg, sz, padding, is_push)
 	if addr == 0 then
 		local name = skynet.unpack(msg, sz)
 		skynet.trash(msg, sz)
-		local addr = register_name[name]
-		if addr == nil then
-			addr = skynet.call(clusterd, "lua", "queryname", name)
-			register_name[name] = addr
-		end
+		local addr = register_name["@" .. name]
 		if addr then
 			ok = true
 			msg, sz = skynet.pack(addr)
@@ -48,11 +54,21 @@ local function dispatch_request(_,_,addr, session, msg, sz, padding, is_push)
 			ok = false
 			msg = "name not found"
 		end
-	elseif is_push then
-		skynet.rawsend(addr, "lua", msg, sz)
-		return	-- no response
 	else
-		ok , msg, sz = pcall(skynet.rawcall, addr, "lua", msg, sz)
+		if cluster.isname(addr) then
+			addr = register_name[addr]
+		end
+		if addr then
+			if is_push then
+				skynet.rawsend(addr, "lua", msg, sz)
+				return	-- no response
+			else
+				ok , msg, sz = pcall(skynet.rawcall, addr, "lua", msg, sz)
+			end
+		else
+			ok = false
+			msg = "Invalid name"
+		end
 	end
 	if ok then
 		response = cluster.packresponse(session, true, msg, sz)
diff --git a/service/clusterd.lua b/service/clusterd.lua
index 0aae9ff5..0ed3b1d0 100644
--- a/service/clusterd.lua
+++ b/service/clusterd.lua
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ end
 local proxy = {}
 
 function command.proxy(source, node, name)
+	if name == nil then
+		node, name = node:match "^([^@.]+)([@.].+)"
+		if name == nil then
+			error ("Invalid name " .. tostring(node))
+		end
+	end
 	local fullname = node .. "." .. name
 	if proxy[fullname] == nil then
 		proxy[fullname] = skynet.newservice("clusterproxy", node, name)