# Council

Multi-agent collaborative debate producing visible round-by-round transcripts with real...

- Repository: https://github.com/danielmiessler/LifeOS (19669 stars)
- Category: AI and agents
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-28
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add danielmiessler/LifeOS --skill Council -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add danielmiessler/LifeOS --skill Council -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add danielmiessler/LifeOS --skill Council -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add danielmiessler/LifeOS --skill Council -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Multi-agent collaborative debate producing visible round-by-round transcripts with real intellectual friction, members are topic-briefed custom agents, run as a 3-round DEBATE or a 1-round QUICK check, to find the best path. USE WHEN council, debate, multiple perspectives, weigh options, deliberate, get different views, what would experts say, pros and cons. NOT FOR pure adversarial attack (use RedTeam).

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Council

Runs a multi-agent debate. Topic-briefed members discuss a topic over rounds, respond to each other's actual points, and surface insights through real intellectual friction. You get a visible round-by-round transcript plus a synthesis. DEBATE runs three rounds; QUICK runs one for a fast perspective check.

One model gives one frame and one set of blind spots, and "pros and cons" gives a flat list with no one pushing back; distinct experts who disagree on the merits expose the weak parts of an idea before you commit.

## Ideal State

- Every council is four different topic-specific member briefs, written before the first round runs, each giving a name, the member's role/expertise, the stance they hold, and what they'll push on; no member is a bare built-in agent type with no persona.
- The members are split across vendors so the debate never shares one lineage's blind spots; a member that failed or did not run on its requested vendor is named in the transcript, never silently dropped or kept.
- Every member argues from the full context the request supplied (the measured facts, files, quotes and constraints), so positions engage the actual decision rather than a generic version of it.
- Members answer each other's actual points by name, and the transcript shows that friction round by round.
- The output ends in a usable verdict (a recommended path for DEBATE, proceed / reconsider / escalate for QUICK) that states remaining disagreement instead of forcing consensus.
- The answer delivered is the finished debate; no member's work is still running when it is handed over.

## Intent Routing

| Intent | Trigger | File |
|--------|---------|------|
| **Debate** | "council", "debate", full structured debate (3 rounds, transcript + synthesis) | `Intents/Debate.md` |
| **Quick** | "quick council check", fast perspective check (1 round, initial positions only) | `Intents/Quick.md` |

The rest: https://github.com/danielmiessler/LifeOS/blob/HEAD/LifeOS/install/skills/Council/SKILL.md