council
Convene a four-voice council for ambiguous decisions, tradeoffs, and go/no-go calls. Use when multiple valid paths exist and you need structured disagreement before choosing.
npx skills add mturac/everything-openai-codex --skill council --agent codex
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for claude-code, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Council Convene four advisors for ambiguous decisions: - the in-context Codex voice - a Skeptic subagent - a Pragmatist subagent - a Critic subagent This is for **decision-making under ambiguity**, not code review, implementation planning, or architecture design. ## When to Use Use council when: - a decision has multiple credible paths and no obvious winner - you need explicit tradeoff surfacing - the user asks for second opinions, dissent, or multiple perspectives - conversational anchoring is a real risk - a go / no-go call would benefit from adversarial challenge Examples: - monorepo vs polyrepo - ship now vs hold for polish - feature flag vs full rollout - simplify scope vs keep strategic breadth ## When NOT to Use | Instead of council | Use | | --- | --- | | Verifying whether output is correct | `santa-method` | | Breaking a feature into implementation steps | `planner` | | Designing system architecture | `architect` | | Reviewing code for bugs or security | `code-reviewer` or `santa-method` | | Straight factual questions | just answer directly | | Obvious execution tasks | just do the task | ## Roles | Voice | Lens | | --- | --- | | Architect | correctness, maintainability,
- When to Use
- When NOT to Use
- Roles
- Workflow
- 1. Extract the real question
- 2. Gather only the necessary context
- 3. Form the Architect position first
- 4. Launch three independent voices in parallel
- 5. Synthesize with bias guardrails
- 6. Present a compact verdict
- Persistence Rule
- Multi-Round Follow-up
- Anti-Patterns
- Related Skills
What does the council skill do?
Convene a four-voice council for ambiguous decisions, tradeoffs, and go/no-go calls. Use when multiple valid paths exist and you need structured disagreement before choosing.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mturac/everything-openai-codex --skill council --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mturac/everything-openai-codex, a repository with 84 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.