kenoxa/run-council

Sequences after run-advise. Receives advise-synthesis.md + {source_artifact_path} by path. Dispatches 5 thinking-lens advisors (Standard tier via @advisor). Chairman (@synthesizer + council-synthesis.md ref) resolves all conflicts and emits council-synthesis.md.

Session: Inherit calling skill's session ID. When standalone, generate per SPINE.md.

Phase Trace: per phase-audit.md table format. Log at intake, batch, peer-review, chairman, output. Include dispatch count.

Phases

Subagent references (backticked): dispatch to subagent — do NOT Read into mainthread.

| # | Phase | Type | Agent | Reference | |---|-------|------|-------|-----------| | 1 | Intake | mainthread | — | — | | 2 | Batch | C (5 agents) | @advisor (×5, one per lens) | references/council-dispatch.md | | 3 | Peer Review | mainthread + C (5 agents) | @advisor (×5) | references/council-peer-review.md | | 4 | Chairman | C (1 agent) | @synthesizer | references/council-synthesis.md | | 5 | Output | mainthread | — | — |

1. Intake

Accept from caller:

• {advise_synthesis_path} (default: .scratch/<session>/advise-synthesis.md) — path to run-advise output
• {source_artifact_path} — path to the original decision object (frame artifact, discuss artifact, or intake)

Skip condition (evaluate before dispatching):

Read {advise_synthesis_path}. Check BOTH conditions:

1. Zero [DIVERGENCE] or [CONFLICT] tags anywhere in {advise_synthesis_path}
2. blast_radius.transitive field in {source_artifact_path} is empty or absent

Note: condition 2 is satisfied by absence — if the field does not exist, treat it as empty.

If BOTH conditions hold: write .scratch/<session>/council-synthesis.md with all required output fields:

Input status: N/A — ratified (skip condition met; no advisor dispatches)
Convergence Zones: N/A — ratified
Genuine Disagreements: N/A — ratified
Collective Blind Spots: N/A — ratified
Single Directional Recommendation: advise-synthesis recommendation ratified — no divergence or transitive blast radius detected. Council dispatch skipped.
Confidence: E2 (skip condition verified by reading advise-synthesis; no divergence detected)
Falsification: N/A — ratified
Delta from advise-synthesis: N/A — ratified

Then STOP. Do not proceed to Batch.

If either condition fails: proceed with full dispatch.

Exit: dispatch context assembled with {advise_synthesis_path} and {source_artifact_path} confirmed to exist. Pass both as paths — do not inline-extract content.

2. Batch

Dispatch in parallel — one @advisor per lens. Each advisor receives:

• Its lens file from the table below — its own definition only, not the full set
• {advise_synthesis_path} by path
• {source_artifact_path} by path
• output_path: .scratch/<session>/council-advisor-{lens-slug}.md

Lenses, files, and slugs:

| Lens | Slug | Lens file | Output file | |------|------|-----------|-------------| | Contrarian | contrarian | references/council-lens-contrarian.md | council-advisor-contrarian.md | | First Principles | first-principles | references/council-lens-first-principles.md | council-advisor-first-principles.md | | Expansionist | expansionist | references/council-lens-expansionist.md | council-advisor-expansionist.md | | Outsider | outsider | references/council-lens-outsider.md | council-advisor-outsider.md | | Executor | executor | references/council-lens-executor.md | council-advisor-executor.md |

Cap: 5 dispatches. Wait for all 5 to complete before proceeding.

3. Peer Review

1. Anonymize: run skills/run-council/scripts/anonymize-advisors.sh .scratch/<session>/ — outputs council-advisor-anon-{A–E}.md + council-anon-map.json in the session directory. Fail if any of the 5 batch outputs from Phase 2 are missing.
2. Dispatch in parallel — one @advisor per lens via references/council-peer-review.md. Each receives:
   • Its lens file (same as Batch — own definition only)
   • {anon_dir}: .scratch/<session>/ (session directory containing the anonymized outputs)
   • output_path: .scratch/<session>/council-peer-{lens-slug}.md
3. Wait for all 5 peer reviews to complete before proceeding.

Cap: 5 dispatches.

4. Chairman

Sequential @synthesizer dispatch via references/council-synthesis.md. Receives:

• Paths to all 5 advisor batch outputs in .scratch/<session>/
• Paths to all 5 peer review outputs in .scratch/<session>/
• {anon_map_path}: .scratch/<session>/council-anon-map.json
• {advise_synthesis_path}
• {source_artifact_path}
• output_path: .scratch/<session>/council-synthesis.md

Retry once on empty output; halt and surface error on second failure.

5. Output

Return council_artifact (path to .scratch/<session>/council-synthesis.md) to caller (do-design).

• Embedded: return council_artifact to caller.
• Standalone: present synthesis to user for decision.

Anti-Patterns

• Dispatching without run-advise having run first — {advise_synthesis_path} is a mandatory precondition
• Passing advise-synthesis content inline instead of by path — inline extraction breaks the shared-decision-object convention
• Using @consultant for advisor dispatches — @consultant is hard-pinned Frontier/opus; use @advisor (Standard/sonnet)
• Skipping skip-condition check at Intake — Council is always-on; the check prevents full dispatch when ratification applies
• "Chairman should surface conflicts without resolving" — Chairman MUST resolve; the synthesizer's default "do not resolve" is overridden by council-synthesis.md
• Running Peer Review before all 5 Batch outputs exist — anonymize-advisors.sh enforces this; do not skip
• Passing anonymized output content inline to peer reviewers — pass the session directory path ({anon_dir}), not file contents

Completion

• Phase Trace rows for intake, batch, peer-review, chairman, output [E3]
• Skip condition evaluated at intake [E2]
• All 5 batch outputs exist or gap-flagged [E3]
• council-anon-map.json written with all 5 slug→letter mappings [E3]
• All 5 peer review outputs exist or gap-flagged [E3]
• council-synthesis.md Input status field present (advisor files confirmed or gaps reported) [E3]
• council-synthesis.md written with: Convergence Zones, Genuine Disagreements, Collective Blind Spots, Single Directional Recommendation, Confidence, Falsification, Delta from advise-synthesis [E3]