Agent skill

Council

by assafkip in assafkip/kipi-system

Multi-persona debate for founder decisions. An agent skill from assafkip/kipi-system.

MITAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Council

skills CLI
$ npx skills add assafkip/kipi-system --skill council -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install assafkip/kipi-system council --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/assafkip/kipi-system.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/kipi-ops/skills/council .claude/skills/council && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
council
GitHub stars
112
Token cost
~962 tokens
SKILL.md length
417 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
14
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Multi-persona debate for founder decisions. An agent skill from assafkip/kipi-system.

  • Works in 3 steps: Visible transcript -- the full debate,… → Recommended path -- synthesized from… → Decision log entry -- appended to…
  • AI & LLM Engineering work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, Workflow Routing, The Personas and Output, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Council is an agent skill from assafkip/kipi-system. Multi-persona debate for founder decisions. 4 personas argue a topic across structured rounds.

Its SKILL.md is about 960 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files (for example `workflows/debate.md` and `workflows/quick.md`).

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering. The repository describes itself as: Your AI brain, externalized. It remembers everything you do, then becomes whatever role you need. Same skeleton can run as your chief of staff, lawyer, PM, or investigator. Plain… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • AI & LLM Engineering work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/council”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Visible transcript -- the full debate, readable
  2. Recommended path -- synthesized from convergence
  3. Decision log entry -- appended to q-system/canonical/decisions.md with [COUNCIL-DEBATED] origin tag

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 16d4724. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Council loads about 962 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 26 tokens; SKILL.md has 417 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~26
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~962

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from assafkip/kipi-system at commit 16d4724, republished under its MIT licence (© assafkip). 417 words, ~962 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/council/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
council
description
Multi-persona debate for founder decisions. 4 personas argue a topic across structured rounds.

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

TriggerWorkflowTime
Full structured debate (3 rounds)workflows/debate.md30-90 sec
Quick sanity check (1 round)workflows/quick.md10-20 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.

PersonaPerspectiveReadsCore Question
OperatorWhat we can actually do todayq-system/my-project/current-state.md"Can we ship this with what we have?"
BuyerWhat a CISO/security leader would pay forq-system/canonical/discovery.md, q-system/my-project/relationships.md"Would a buyer pay for this? Does it match what they asked for?"
InvestorThe fundable narrativeq-system/canonical/talk-tracks.md"Does this sharpen or dilute the story?"
ContrarianWhat's wrong, what we're not seeingq-system/canonical/objections.md, q-system/my-project/competitive-landscape.md"What breaks? What are we ignoring?"
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Persona Rules
  • Every persona speaks from their anchored files, not from general knowledge
  • If a canonical file is empty/template, the persona says "I don't have data to ground this" -- no guessing
  • Personas reference specific entries from their files when making points
  • Contrarian must raise at least one uncomfortable point per round

Output

Every council session produces:

  1. Visible transcript -- the full debate, readable
  2. Recommended path -- synthesized from convergence
  3. Decision log entry -- appended to q-system/canonical/decisions.md with [COUNCIL-DEBATED] origin tag
Decision Log Format
markdown
### [Decision summary]
- **Date:** YYYY-MM-DD
- **Origin:** [COUNCIL-DEBATED]
- **Mode:** Quick / Debate
- **Trigger:** [What prompted this]
- **Convergence:** [Where personas agreed]
- **Dissent:** [Where they disagreed]
- **Decision:** [What the founder chose]
- **Founder action:** [APPROVED / MODIFIED / REJECTED] the recommendation

The founder always makes the final call. Council recommends, founder decides.

Integration with Q System

Q CommandCouncil Role
/q-calibrateQuick check before any canonical file change
/q-debrief with conflicting signalsQuick check: "signal or noise?"
/q-plan with competing prioritiesDebate: which path to take
Pre-investor meetingDebate: stress-test the narrative
Design partner feature requestQuick check: "build / park / counter-offer"

Token Budget

  • Quick: ~20K tokens (4 agents x 1 round). Fine for daily use.
  • Debate: ~60K tokens (4 agents x 3 rounds). Use for real decisions only.

Before running a Debate, ask: "Is this decision worth 60K tokens?" If the answer is "probably not," use Quick.

© assafkip, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files in plugins/kipi-ops/skills/council of assafkip/kipi-system.

  • SKILL.md
  • workflows/debate.md
  • workflows/quick.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 16d4724

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Questions about Council

What does Council do?

Multi-persona debate for founder decisions. An agent skill from assafkip/kipi-system. Council is an agent skill from assafkip/kipi-system. Multi-persona debate for founder decisions.

When should I use Council?

Council fits situations like: AI & LLM Engineering work in your project.

How do I install Council in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add assafkip/kipi-system --skill council -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/kipi-ops/skills/council in assafkip/kipi-system) into .claude/skills/council in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Council in Codex?

Run `npx skills add assafkip/kipi-system --skill council -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/kipi-ops/skills/council in assafkip/kipi-system) into .agents/skills/council in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Council in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add assafkip/kipi-system --skill council -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/council, .gemini/skills/council, .github/skills/council and .opencode/skills/council in your project.

What does Council need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Council is instructions for the agent only.

Does Council access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Council safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Council use?

Council is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Council use?

About 962 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Council?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Council: Mg CLI (modelguide/modelguide, 108 stars), Agentsop Dify (agentsope/SkillAlchemy, 466 stars), RAG Company Knowledge Assistant (Hermes-brasil/hermes-brasil, 153 stars) and Demis Hassabis (K-Dense-AI/mimeo, 282 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Council?

assafkip (a GitHub user) maintains it in assafkip/kipi-system, which has 112 GitHub stars. The repository holds 14 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: assafkip/kipi-system on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.