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Use moderator strategies

By default, Council uses round-robin moderation — each expert speaks in turn. You can change this to get different dynamics.

Experts work toward agreement:

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council convene "Should we adopt Kubernetes?" --template architecture-review --strategy consensus-check

One expert is assigned to challenge everything:

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council convene "Should we ship the MVP?" --template code-review --strategy devils-advocate

Pin a specific expert as the contrarian:

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council convene "Ship now or wait?" --template code-review --strategy devils-advocate:senior

A choreographed 4-phase debate (opening statements → cross-examination → rebuttals → synthesis):

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council convene "Should we go public?" --template architecture-review --mode structured

Without a --strategy or --mode flag, Council uses round-robin — experts speak in sequence, each responding to the topic and prior turns.