ask-the-council

Convenes a panel of opinionated advisors (parallel Claude subagents, each with a distinct mandate and a forbidden move so they genuinely diverge), then a Chairman synthesis that COMMITS to one recommendation with explicit tradeoffs. Use proactively for any high-stakes design, architecture, or tradeoff decision where credible options genuinely compete. Also on "ask the council", "the council", "get a panel". Not for…