DecisionCouncil

Most council skills give you opinions. DecisionCouncil gives you a ranked verdict, checked claims, and the dissent you would have missed.

One install. Lite mode by default (~4 sub-agents). Scout pulls recent signal via last30days. Fact Checker verifies numbers via deep-research. You get #1 marked, strongest counterargument preserved, and the one condition that would flip the call.

Works in Cursor and Claude Code.

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Install

npx skills add Endokelp/DecisionCouncil --skill council -g -y

That installs the council skill globally. For companion research skills in one shot:

Windows (PowerShell):

git clone https://github.com/Endokelp/DecisionCouncil.git $env:TEMP\DecisionCouncil
& "$env:TEMP\DecisionCouncil\install.ps1"

macOS / Linux:

git clone https://github.com/Endokelp/DecisionCouncil.git /tmp/DecisionCouncil
/tmp/DecisionCouncil/install.sh

Restart your editor after install.

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Use it

The skill only runs when you name it (disable-model-invocation: true). Say one of:

You type	Mode
council this: Mac Studio vs DGX Spark under $5k	Lite (default)
/council Which vendor for a 3-year lock-in?	Lite
/council full Should we pivot pricing?	Full (~2 to 3x tokens)
pressure-test this, war room this, debate this	Lite

Good questions: vendor lock-in, hardware purchases, architecture forks, strategy pivots, anything expensive to get wrong.

Skip it: trivia, cheap reversible choices, pure writing tasks, code review (use a reviewer skill instead).

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Example output (shape)

## Council: Local AI brain under $5k

1. **Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB** (WINNER)
   Trade-off: swap-on-demand for 70B, not resident dual-30B parallel.

2. DGX Spark 128GB
   Trade-off: dense 70B decode ~5 tok/s; thermal reports still messy.

3. Dual used RTX 3090 build
   Trade-off: best tok/s per dollar, wrong for a quiet 24/7 desk box.

**Strongest dissent:** Skeptic argues Spark CUDA ecosystem wins if fine-tuning becomes primary, not 20% side work.

**Condition that would change the answer:** verified firmware lifts Spark dense-70B above ~15 tok/s AND fixes sustained thermal shutdowns.

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Why not the other council skills?

The market already has councils. They solve different problems.

	affaan-m/council	karpathy/llm-council	aiwithremy/llm-council	DecisionCouncil
What it is	Opinion council inside a 200K+ star skill pack	Multi-model web app	5-advisor Claude skill	Standalone evidence council
Research	You bring context	None built-in	None built-in	last30days Scout + deep-research Fact Checker
Output	Compact verdict + dissent line	Chairman synthesis	Chairman + peer review	Ranked list, #1 marked + falsifier
Token model	3 sub-agents, one round	Full pipeline always	5 advisors + review	Lite default, Full optional
Cursor	Claude Code ecosystem	N/A (separate app)	Claude-focused	Cursor Task + Claude Code
Best for	Ambiguous tradeoffs, fast	Compare models side by side	Business/creator decisions	High-stakes, evidence-bound forks

affaan-m ships council inside everything-claude-code. That is smart distribution: one mega repo, 3.7K+ installs on skills.sh, four voices (Skeptic, Pragmatist, Critic) with clean anti-anchoring. It is built for decision-making under ambiguity, not for verifying whether a benchmark number is real.

DecisionCouncil is the council you run when the decision has a price tag. Scout establishes a shared baseline once (so five agents do not re-google the same spec sheet). Advocate and Skeptic argue from different angles. Fact Checker runs claims through deep-research Quick mode. You leave with a ranked shortlist, not just a vibes-based recommendation.

Karpathy's council compares models. aiwithremy's council convenes five advisors. affaan-m's council surfaces tradeoffs fast inside ECC. DecisionCouncil is the evidence-bound council for Cursor and Claude Code.

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Cursor

Install lands at ~/.cursor/skills/council/. Invoke with council this: or /council.

Sub-agents use the Task tool (generalPurpose, run_in_background: false). Spawn Scout, then Advocate + Skeptic in parallel, then Fact Checker. Chairman synthesis stays in the main session.

Details: skills/council/SKILL.md

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Claude Code

Also installs to ~/.claude/skills/council/. Use /council or /council full.

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Repo layout

DecisionCouncil/
├── AGENTS.md
├── skills/council/SKILL.md
├── install.ps1
├── install.sh
└── README.md

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Credits

• Methodology: Andrej Karpathy, LLM Council
• ECC council pattern: affaan-m/everything-claude-code
• Community skill: aiwithremy/claude-skills-llm-council
• Research companions: last30days, deep-research
• Built by Endokelp. Dogfooded on a real hardware council (JARVIS brain selection, 2026-06).

License

MIT. See LICENSE.