councillisted
Install: claude install-skill ericluo04/claude-academic-workflow
# Council — Parallel Critics + Separate Synthesis
Five independent critics, one synthesizer, no majority voting. Single round.
## When to use
- The user is stuck between two framings of a paper, R&R, or grant — and wants adversarial pressure.
- A plan, design, or skill draft is "almost right" and needs failure-mode pressure before it ships.
- The target is heterogeneous (idea + design + venue choice mixed together) so `/seven-pass-review` and `/evaluate-idea-*` don't fit cleanly.
- Pre-submission gut-check that's lighter than `/seven-pass-review` but broader than `/review-paper-light`.
Not for: numeric audits (use `/audit-reproducibility`), manuscript line-edits (use `/seven-pass-review` or `/review-paper`), or staged idea scoring loops (use `/evaluate-idea-marketing` or `/evaluate-idea-science`).
## Inputs
- `$0` — the target. One of:
- **File path** (`.tex`, `.md`, `.qmd`, `.txt`, `.pdf`, `.R`, `.py`, or a `SKILL.md` for `--chef-skill` mode). Read it once in the main agent before dispatching critics.
- **Inline topic description** — a paragraph stating the decision, plan, or idea. No file read needed.
- `--chef-skill` — swap the default roster for the skill-design roster. Use with `/skill-creator` drafts.
- `--critics=a,b,c` — explicit roster override (names without `-agent` suffix). If a name isn't in the default roster, treat it as a free-form role-string prompt.
- `--n=K` — number of critics (default 5, hard cap 5). If user asks for more, refuse with "Hard cap