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Council

Chat with a single expert (1:1)

Use council chat with an expert slug for a direct 1:1 conversation.

Start a 1:1 chat

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Terminal window
council chat cto

This starts a persistent conversation with the specified expert. There are no @mentions or @convene in 1:1 mode — every message goes to your expert and every response comes from them.

With persona experts

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1:1 chat is especially powerful with persona experts trained on your documents. The expert draws on its reference material to give document-informed responses:

Terminal window
council chat cfo
You> What's our payback period on the new data platform?


[Sarah Chen — CFO]
Based on the financial projections in our Q3 analysis, the payback period
is approximately 14 months, assuming we hit the adoption targets in the
rollout plan...

Session management

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All the session management commands work in 1:1 chat:

Terminal window
# Start a fresh conversation
council chat cto --new


# List all 1:1 conversations
council chat --list


# View past conversations with this expert
council chat cto --history

Exit the chat

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Type /exit or /quit to save and end the conversation. Resume anytime by running the same council chat command.

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