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Council

Ask a quick question

Use council ask when you want a focused answer from one expert without convening a full panel debate.

Basic usage

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council ask strategy-review "What are the tradeoffs of event sourcing vs CRUD?"

Council picks an expert from the panel and gives you a focused answer.

Target a specific expert

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council ask strategy-review "What are the tradeoffs?" --expert cto

The --expert flag directs the question to a specific expert in the panel.

Use a different model

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council ask uses the panel’s configured model. To pick a model per run, use council convene with the --model flag:

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council convene "Quick design question" --panel strategy-review --model gpt-4.1

When to use ask vs convene

Section titled “When to use ask vs convene”
  • Use ask: single expert perspective, quick feedback, focused answer
  • Use convene: multiple perspectives, structured deliberation, decision framework
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