clarity-councillisted

# Clarity Council Structured persona-based consultation for decisions that benefit from expert perspectives. The council runs entirely inline in one of three **modes** — nothing depends on a separate subagent, so it behaves identically on every host. Persona contracts live in the shared [`skills/persona/`](../../persona/) category — the index is [`skills/persona/PERSONAS.md`](../../persona/PERSONAS.md) and pre-made panels are in [`skills/persona/GROUPS.md`](../../persona/GROUPS.md). Links below are relative to this skill's folder. ## When to use Use this skill when you need any of: - Quick expert opinion from one persona - Multiple expert viewpoints with synthesis - Iterative decision-making with clarifications - Structured tradeoff analysis Do not use for pure factual lookup with no decision component. ## Which mode? | Mode | When | Feel | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | **single** | Focused advice from one expert | Quick (10–15 min) | | **multi** | A decision needs several viewpoints synthesized | Standard (20–30 min) | | **iterative** | Multi-turn refinement as constraints emerge | Deep (30–60 min, 3–5 turns) | Callers select a mode explicitly. A skill invoking the council via `Skill` names the mode (e.g. "invoke `clarity-council` in **multi** mode with personas `[psychologist, personal-assistant]`"). Users can say "as a senior-architect…" (single), "convene a council on…" (multi), or "run a council, I'll iterate" (iterative). ## Common inputs - **Decision/problem** —