councillisted

# Council Multi-agent debate for founder decisions. 4 personas argue a topic across structured rounds, respond to each other's actual points, then synthesize. Produces a visible transcript and a recommended path. ## When to Use Invoke when: - Conflicting signals from conversations and you need to decide which to follow - About to change positioning in canonical files (`/q-calibrate`) - Design partner asks for something that might pull you off-wedge - Investor feedback contradicts buyer feedback - Competitive move detected and you need a response strategy - Any decision where "it depends" means you need structured tension - User says "council", "debate this", "weigh options", "get perspectives" ## Workflow Routing | Trigger | Workflow | Time | |---------|----------|------| | Full structured debate (3 rounds) | `workflows/debate.md` | 30-90 sec | | Quick sanity check (1 round) | `workflows/quick.md` | 10-20 sec | **Default to Quick.** Use Debate only for positioning changes, pre-investor prep, or decisions that affect canonical files. ## The Personas 4 personas, each anchored to real project files. They read the files before speaking -- grounded opinions, not generic advice. | Persona | Perspective | Reads | Core Question | |---------|------------|-------|---------------| | **Operator** | What we can actually do today | `q-system/my-project/current-state.md` | "Can we ship this with what we have?" | | **Buyer** | What a CISO/security leader would pay for | `q-system/ca