Council of the Wise

Get multi-perspective feedback on your ideas from a panel of AI experts. Perfect for stress-testing business plans, project designs, content strategies, or major decisions.

Usage

"Send this to the council: [idea/plan/document]"
"Council of the wise: [topic]"
"Get the council's feedback on [thing]"

Council Members

The skill auto-discovers agent personas from

{skill_folder}/agents/

. Any

.md

file in that folder (except README.md and synthesis.md) becomes a council member. The synthesis persona is used for the moderator voice.

Each agent file includes YAML frontmatter with

name

emoji

, and

domain

(general/technical/creative/analytical).

Default members:

```
DevilsAdvocate.md
```
— Challenges assumptions, finds weaknesses, stress-tests
```
Architect.md
```
— High-level strategy, systems thinking, structure, tradeoffs
```
Engineer.md
```
— Implementation details, time estimates, concrete build steps
```
Artist.md
```
— Voice, style, presentation, user experience
```
Analyst.md
```
— ROI analysis, opportunity cost, quantitative rigor

Synthesis voice:

```
synthesis.md
```
— Moderator who synthesizes all perspectives, surfaces conflicts, gives a verdict

Adding New Council Members

Simply add a new

.md

file to the

agents/

folder with YAML frontmatter:

---
name: Pentester
emoji: 🔓
domain: technical
---
Pentester

You analyze security implications...

The skill will automatically include any agents it finds. No config file needed.

Process

Receive the idea/topic from the user
Discover available agents (scan
```
agents/
```
folder for
```
.md
```
files with frontmatter)
Send a loading message to the user:

🏛️ *The Council convenes...*
*Five perspectives. One question. No consensus guaranteed.*
*This takes 2-5 minutes — they're thorough.*

Spawn a sub-agent with 5-minute timeout using this task template:

Analyze this idea/plan from multiple expert perspectives.
The Idea:
[user's idea here]
Your Task:
Read and apply these agent perspectives from [AGENT_PATH]:
[List all discovered agents dynamically]
For each perspective:

Key insights (2-3 bullets)
Concerns or questions
Recommendations

Also read synthesis.md for the moderator voice.
End with:

Synthesis section using the synthesis persona — not a summary, a verdict
Surface where council members disagree with each other and why it matters
Put Synthesis first (TL;DR at the top, details below)
Action Items section: numbered, prioritized, with effort estimates
Confidence signal: did the council mostly agree (high confidence) or split (explore further)?

Use the voice and personality defined in each agent file. Don't just list points — embody the perspective.

Return the consolidated feedback to the user

Output Format

## 🏛️ Council of the Wise — [Topic]
⚖️ Synthesis (TL;DR)
[combined verdict + key tensions between perspectives]
[not a summary — a wise moderator's take after hearing everyone]

👹 Devil's Advocate
[challenges and risks — opens with the scariest question]
🏗️ Architect
[structure and strategy — systems-first framing, no implementation details]
🛠️ Engineer
[implementation plan — concrete steps with time/effort estimates]
🎨 Artist
[voice and experience — anchored by a real-world analogy from outside the domain]
📊 Analyst
[quantitative analysis — at least one number or calculation]

🎯 Action Items

[Highest priority action] — [effort estimate]
[Next action] — [effort estimate]
[Next action] — [effort estimate]

Confidence
[High / Medium / Low] — [one sentence explaining why: "The council mostly agreed on X" or "Sharp disagreement between Engineer and Analyst on timeline suggests more research needed"]

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Follow-Up

If the user wants to dig deeper with one council member, spawn a follow-up sub-agent with just that agent's persona file. Example: "I want to hear more from the Engineer on point 3."

Configuration

No config file needed. The skill auto-discovers agents and uses sensible defaults:

Timeout: 5 minutes (enforced via sub-agent spawn)
Agents: All
```
.md
```
files in
```
agents/
```
folder
Output: Markdown with synthesis and token usage
Model: Uses session default (can override via Clawdbot)

Notes

Council review takes 2-5 minutes depending on complexity
Timeout: 5 minutes enforced; on timeout returns partial results if available
Use for: business ideas, content plans, project designs, major decisions
Don't use for: quick questions, simple tasks, time-sensitive requests
The sub-agent consolidates all perspectives into a single response with Synthesis first
Add specialized agents for domain-specific analysis (security, legal, etc.)

Agent Implementation Notes

Trigger phrases: "send this to the council", "council of the wise", "get the council's feedback on"

When triggered:

Send loading message (see Process section above)
Spawn sub-agent with 5-minute timeout using the task template in Process section
Return synthesized council report to user

Don't invoke for: Quick questions, time-sensitive tasks, simple decisions.

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Council Members

Adding New Council Members

Pentester

Process

Output Format

⚖️ Synthesis (TL;DR)

👹 Devil's Advocate

🏗️ Architect

🛠️ Engineer

🎨 Artist

📊 Analyst

🎯 Action Items

Confidence

Follow-Up

Configuration

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