LLM Council
Five AI advisors and a chairman pressure-test your big decisions.
Part of LLM Council skill by @tenfoldmarc ↗LLM Council runs any real decision — pricing, positioning, hire vs. automate — past five independent advisors (the Contrarian, the First Principles Thinker, the Expansionist, the Outsider and the Executor). They review each other anonymously, then a chairman gives one clear verdict: where they agree, where they clash, the blind spots, and the one thing to do first. Based on Andrej Karpathy’s LLM Council idea.
What it does
- Kicks in when you say “council this”, “pressure-test this” or bring a genuine either/or decision.
- Five advisors answer independently, each from a different thinking angle, as parallel sub-agents.
- Each advisor reviews the others anonymously — strongest answer, biggest blind spot, what everyone missed.
- A chairman writes one verdict with a clear recommendation and a single first step, plus an HTML report and a full transcript.
When it kicks in
Run any question, idea, or decision through a council of 5 AI advisors who independently analyze it, peer-review each other anonymously, and synthesize a final verdict. Based on Karpathy's LLM Council methodology. MANDATORY TRIGGERS: 'council this', 'run the council', 'war room this', 'pressure-test this', 'stress-test this', 'debate this'.
Works with
- A decision with real stakes
- Your options
- Any context files
Topics the skill covers
- when to run the council
- the five advisors
- how a council session works
- output format
- example: counciling a product decision
- important notes
What's inside the download
- SKILL.md — the full council workflow: advisors, peer review, chairman and report.
- README.md — the author’s notes and license (MIT).
2 files in the .zip:
- Skill InstructionsSKILL.md16.6 KB
- ReadmeREADME.md3.4 KB
How to install (2 minutes)
Same download for Claude Code, Claude app, Codex — follow the step for the tool you use.
- 1Download the .zip and unzip it — you’ll get a folder called llm-council.
- 2In the Claude app: open Settings → Capabilities → Skills, choose Add / Upload, and select the folder (or the .zip).
- 3In Claude Code: drop the folder into your project’s .claude/skills/ directory, then type /skills to confirm it loaded.
- 4In Codex: drop the folder into ~/.agents/skills/ (or your project’s .agents/skills/), then type /skills — or call it directly with $llm-council.
- 5Then type “council this:” followed by your decision. It runs about 11 sub-agent calls, so save it for decisions that matter. Full walkthrough: handsonaiclub.com/guides/llm-council-skill-claude
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