Council Brief v2.0.0 (Unified)

One skill to rule them all — install, query, and manage LLM Council.

LLM Council is a multi-model consensus app: ask one question to many models, let them critique each other, get a synthesized chairman answer.

v2.0.0 Upgrade: Now unified! Previously separate install-llm-council and ask-council skills are merged here. One command handles everything.

Usage

Command	Action
/council-brief install	Install deps and start backend + frontend
/council-brief ask <question>	Quick chairman's answer (headless)
/council-brief <question>	Shorthand — just ask directly
/council-brief status	Check if services are running
/council-brief stop	Stop background services
/council-brief --help	Show usage help

Examples

Install and run:

/council-brief install

Quick question (no browser needed):

/council-brief ask "Should I invest in Tesla right now?"
/council-brief "Is Python or Go better for microservices?"
/council-brief What are the tradeoffs of Rust vs Zig?

Check status:

/council-brief status

Stop services:

/council-brief stop

Two Ways to Use

Mode	Best For	Command
Quick answer	Fast decisions, mobile, casual questions	/council-brief "question"
Full discussion	Deep research, exploring disagreements, seeing all model responses	/council-brief install then open browser at :5173

How Ask Mode Works

1. Sends your question to the LLM Council backend
2. Waits for Stage 1 (all models respond)
3. Waits for Stage 2 (models rank each other)
4. Returns Stage 3 (Chairman's final synthesis)
5. Takes 30-60 seconds — models need time to deliberate

How Install Mode Works

1. Resolves credentials (env → workspace .env → OpenClaw gateway)
2. Clones/updates https://github.com/jeadland/llm-council
3. Installs Python backend (uv sync)
4. Installs frontend (npm ci)
5. Starts backend (FastAPI on :8001)
6. Starts frontend (Vite dev on :5173)

Prerequisites

• git, uv (Python), npm, jq
• API credentials: OPENROUTER_API_KEY in env/workspace .env, OR OpenClaw gateway configured

Ports

Service	Port
Backend (FastAPI)	8001
Frontend dev	5173
Frontend preview	4173

Files

File	Purpose
SKILL.md	This documentation
council-brief.sh	Main router script (install/ask/status/stop)
ask-council.sh	Query handler (chairman's answer)
install.sh	Installer/launcher
stop.sh	Service stopper
status.sh	Service status checker
_meta.json	Skill metadata

Agent Instructions

When user says /council-brief <args>:

bash ~/.openclaw/skills/council-brief/council-brief.sh "$@"

The council-brief.sh script handles argument routing:

• install → runs install.sh (setup + launch)
• ask <question> or any freeform text → runs ask-council.sh (query mode)
• status → runs status.sh (check services)
• stop → runs stop.sh (stop services)
• --help or help → shows usage

Changelog

v2.0.0 — Unified skill merging:

• install-llm-council (setup/launcher)
• council-brief v1.x (quick answers only)
• ask-council (deprecated duplicate)

Now one skill handles everything: install, query, status, stop.

v1.0.5 — Previous version (query-only mode, required manual install)