| name | demerzel-poll |
| description | Create governance polls in GitHub Discussions when community input would improve decision quality — used sparingly for genuine decisions |
Demerzel Poll — Community Governance Input
Create polls for genuine governance decisions where community input improves quality. Used sparingly — not for trivial decisions.
Usage
/demerzel poll [question] — create a poll with options
When to Poll (strict criteria)
Only create polls when ALL of these are true:
- Genuine ambiguity — multiple valid approaches exist, Demerzel cannot decide alone
- Community impact — the decision affects how users interact with the ecosystem
- Not urgent — polls need time for responses (minimum 3 days before acting)
- Not recently polled — max 1 poll per month to avoid survey fatigue
When NOT to Poll
- Constitutional compliance questions (the constitution decides, not votes)
- Technical implementation choices (use
/demerzel consult with ChatGPT instead)
- Routine governance operations (Demerzel handles these autonomously)
- When you already know the answer (don't poll for validation, decide)
Good Poll Topics
- "Which feature should we prioritize next?" (roadmap input)
- "Should we add [new domain] to the GA chatbot?" (scope decisions)
- "How should Seldon deliver weekly digests?" (UX preferences)
- "Which NotebookLM topics should we expand?" (knowledge priorities)
How to Create
Polls use GitHub Discussions in the Polls category:
gh api graphql -f query='mutation {
createDiscussion(input: {
repositoryId: "R_kgDORnMyyQ",
categoryId: "DIC_kwDORnMyyc4C4eDX",
title: "📊 Poll: [Your question]",
body: "[Context and options — use markdown checkboxes or numbered options]"
}) {
discussion { url }
}
}'
Category ID for Polls: DIC_kwDORnMyyc4C4eDX
Poll Format
## 📊 [Question]
[Brief context — why this matters]
### Options
- 👍 React with 👍 for Option A: [description]
- 🎉 React with 🎉 for Option B: [description]
- ❤️ React with ❤️ for Option C: [description]
- 🚀 React with 🚀 for Option D: [description]
**Voting closes:** [date, minimum 3 days out]
*Poll created by Demerzel governance. Results will be considered for the [roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/GuitarAlchemist/projects/2).*
After the Poll
- Wait for voting period to end (minimum 3 days)
- Tally results from reactions
- Post results summary as a comment
- If clear winner: create issue on project board
- If tie: Demerzel decides based on governance alignment
- Log the decision in the governance evolution log
Frequency Limit
Maximum 1 poll per month. Track in the evolution log. If the ideation workflow detects a poll-worthy situation, it proposes the poll but does not create it — waits for the monthly slot.
Source
constitutions/demerzel-mandate.md Section 2 (Jurisdiction — community governance), policies/kaizen-policy.yaml (community input for innovative Kaizen)