Council Brief

Unified LLM Council skill — install, query, and manage the multi-model consensus app. Get synthesized answers from multiple LLMs via quick CLI or full web UI. One skill does it all.

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:

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/council-brief install

Quick question (no browser needed):

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/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:

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/council-brief status

Stop services:

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/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

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)