| name | council |
| description | Weigh a hard decision with real tradeoffs — whether to take a deal, walk away, choose between options, or commit to something consequential — by deliberating it from several perspectives before acting |
| category | knowledge |
| requires | {"tools":["run_council"]} |
| contexts | ["heartbeat","chat"] |
| aliases | ["should","choose","tradeoff","tradeoffs","weigh","advice","dilemma","options","deliberate","perspectives","debate","decision"] |
| bound_tools | ["run_council","list_council_personas","list_deliberations","inspect_deliberation"] |
Council
For genuinely hard calls — conflicting values, irreversible actions, plans
with a lot riding on them — convene the internal council rather than
deciding on first instinct.
list_council_personas shows the available perspectives.
run_council records each perspective, an adversarial challenge pass, the
synthesis, dissent, and observable conditions that should trigger review.
- Use
inspect_deliberation when a prior recommendation or its evidence matters;
use list_deliberations when the relevant run is unknown.
- Bring the strongest disagreement into your own final reasoning instead of
averaging it away. The council advises; the decision and accountability remain yours.
- One deliberation per hard question — the council is for weight, not
for procrastination.