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All agents have equal voice; decisions made by majority vote.
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| name | democratic |
| description | All agents have equal voice; decisions made by majority vote. |
| metadata | {"owner":"interlateral","version":"1.0","weight":"medium"} |
| compatibility | Three or more explicitly selected agents. Default to Claude Code + Codex peers; Gemini and Antigravity are opt-in only when the human explicitly selects them. |
A collaborative pattern where all agents have equal standing. Proposals are discussed openly and decisions are made by majority vote. No single agent has veto power.
Use mesh-comms-core first if direct peer notification has not already been proven. comms.md is the ledger, not the wake-up path.
Default roster: use Claude Code and Codex peers. Do not include Gemini CLI, Antigravity CLI, or Antigravity Desktop unless the human prompt explicitly names that peer.
| Role | Description |
|---|---|
MEMBER | Equal participant with one vote |
FACILITATOR | (Optional) Manages discussion flow, calls votes |
All MEMBERs are equal. FACILITATOR has no extra voting power, just keeps things moving.
1. PROPOSAL: Any member may propose an idea or decision
2. DISCUSSION: Open discussion, all voices heard
3. CALL VOTE: Any member may call [VOTE] on a proposal
4. VOTING: All members vote [YES], [NO], or [ABSTAIN]
5. TALLY: Majority wins (>50% of non-abstaining votes)
6. RECORD: Decision recorded, move to next item
7. COMPLETE: When all items resolved, any member may call [DONE]
[PROPOSAL - AGENT] #ID
TITLE: [Brief title]
DESCRIPTION: [What you're proposing]
RATIONALE: [Why this is a good idea]
[VOTE] on Proposal #ID
All members please vote.
[YES/NO/ABSTAIN - AGENT] on #ID
REASON: [Optional explanation]
All inputs come from the prompt.
Optional:
output: File path for decisions documentwork: File containing agenda/items to decidemax_turns: Override default (30)Use democratic to decide on project priorities.
Members: CC, CX, CC-peer-02.
Use democratic for team retrospective.
FACILITATOR=CC. Members: CC, CX, CC-peer-02.
Items: What went well, What to improve, Action items.
Output: projects/retro/decisions.md
comms.md[FACILITATOR - CC]
Welcome to the team decision meeting.
Agenda: Choose our next sprint focus.
[PROPOSAL - CX] #1
TITLE: Focus on Performance
DESCRIPTION: Spend next sprint on optimization and benchmarking
RATIONALE: Users complaining about slow load times
[PROPOSAL - CC-peer-02] #2
TITLE: Focus on Security Audit
DESCRIPTION: Review and harden authentication/authorization
RATIONALE: We're handling sensitive data, need to be proactive
[DISCUSSION - CC]
Both valid concerns. Performance affects UX daily.
Security is critical but less visible until it's a problem.
[DISCUSSION - CX]
Security audit could be done by external team.
Performance needs our specific codebase knowledge.
[DISCUSSION - CC-peer-02]
External audit is expensive. We know our code best.
But I see the performance point.
[VOTE] on Proposal #1 (Performance Focus)
[YES - CC] on #1
REASON: Direct user impact, measurable improvement
[YES - CX] on #1
REASON: I proposed it, still believe it's priority
[NO - CC-peer-02] on #1
REASON: Security should come first, but I accept the group decision
RESULT: #1 PASSES (2-1)
[FACILITATOR - CC]
Performance focus approved for next sprint.
CC-peer-02, we'll schedule security audit for sprint after next.
[DONE] - All agenda items resolved.
SKILL: democratic
STATUS: DONE
TURNS: 10
OUTPUT: projects/sprint/decisions.md
PARTICIPANTS: CC, CX, CC-peer-02
PROPOSALS: 2
VOTES_HELD: 1
DECISIONS_MADE: 1
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