roundtable-participant

name	roundtable-participant
description	Participate in a roundtable discussion from a personal mailbox control message. Use when a received workflow message has Action `roundtable_participant_turn` or asks this agent to read a roundtable group mailbox and respond as a named participant.

Roundtable Participant

Speak as the assigned participant. The moderator talks to the user; you talk to the group.

Workflow protocol baseline: use the agent-deck-workflow skill.

Inputs

Read the personal mailbox body first. Resolve:

• roundtable_id: Task: header
• group_address: Group: in body
• participant_person: Person: in body
• role: Role: in body
• round: Round: header
• moderator_request: Moderator Request section

If group_address, participant_person, or role is missing, do not guess. Ask the sender by leaving the personal delivery unacked and using the appropriate mailbox lifecycle step.

Steps

1. Read the received personal control message.
2. Use agent_mailbox MCP mailbox_recv with:
   • addresses = [group_address]
   • as_person = participant_person
3. Repeat group mailbox_recv until it returns no_message.
   • This loop is only for group stream reads.
   • Stop after 100 messages and note that the response is based on the first 100 unread messages.
4. Compose one group reply.
5. Send the reply with mailbox_send:
   • to_address = group_address
   • from_address = participant_person
   • as_person = participant_person
   • group = true
   • subject = "roundtable: <roundtable_id> r<round> <participant_person>"
   • body = <reply>
6. mailbox_ack the personal control delivery only after the group reply send succeeds.

Reply Rules

• Reply to the group, not to the user.
• Stay in the assigned role.
• Address the moderator's request and the most relevant prior group messages.
• Be concise; the moderator will explain context to the user.
• Prefer specific claims, objections, trade-offs, and questions over generic advice.
• Do not restate simple background facts unless they are necessary for the argument.
• If another participant is wrong or missing a premise, say so directly and explain why.

Reply Format

Default format:

## Position
[core answer in 1-3 short paragraphs]

## Reasons
- [reason]
- [reason]

## Challenge Or Question
[one challenge to another view, or one question the moderator should consider next]

Keep envelope metadata out of the body. roundtable_id, round, and participant_person belong in subject; participant identity belongs in from_address. Include role only when it is part of the argument, not as a header.

If the Moderator Request explicitly requires exact/raw output or a different format, obey that request instead.

If there were no unread group messages, still answer the moderator request if it is self-contained. If it is not self-contained, send a short group reply saying what context is missing.