ai-counsel: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

ai-counsel CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from blueman82/ai-counsel. It costs 6,547 tokens per session, scanned B, original, MIT.

A set of repository instructions describing the AI Counsel project's structure, components, data flow, and development expectations.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when working on the AI Counsel MCP server, including its deliberation engine, tools, validation, logging, and tests.
Why use it?
It gives a coding agent the project context needed to make changes that fit the existing architecture and conventions.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

This is blueman82/ai-counsel's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on ai-counsel itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything ai-counsel configures →

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ai-counsel CLAUDE.md scanned grade B with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 7d ago.

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**Production**: Configure in `~/.claude/config/mcp.json`, check `mcp_server.log` for debugging
CLAUDE.md · 507 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 507 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

Last updated: 2026-02-15

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Project Overview

AI Counsel is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables true deliberative consensus between AI models. Unlike parallel opinion gathering, models see each other's responses and refine positions across multiple rounds of debate.

Key differentiation: Models engage in actual debate with cross-pollination (not just parallel aggregation).

Production Ready: 113+ passing tests, type-safe validation, graceful error handling, structured logging, convergence detection, AI-powered summaries, evidence-based deliberation with secure tool execution.

Architecture

Core Components

MCP Server Layer (server.py)

  • Entry point for MCP protocol communication via stdio
  • Exposes 2 MCP tools: deliberate and query_decisions (when decision graph enabled)
  • Handles JSON serialization and response truncation for token limits
  • Logs to mcp_server.log (not stdout/stderr to avoid stdio interference)

Deliberation Engine (deliberation/engine.py)

  • Orchestrates multi-round debates between models
  • Manages context building from previous responses
  • Coordinates convergence detection and early stopping
  • Initializes AI summarizer with fallback chain: Claude Sonnet → gpt-5.5 → Droid → Gemini
  • Integrates tool execution system for evidence-based deliberation

Tool Execution System (deliberation/tools.py, models/tool_schema.py)

  • Base: BaseTool with execute() method and security controls
  • Tools: ReadFileTool (configurable size limit), SearchCodeTool, ListFilesTool, RunCommandTool (whitelist: ls, grep, find, cat, head, tail), GetFileTreeTool (ASCII output for clean JSON)
  • Orchestrator: ToolExecutor parses TOOL_REQUEST markers, validates, routes to tools
  • Security: Whitelisted commands, file size limits, timeout protection (10s default), path exclusion patterns (prevents context contamination)
  • Path Exclusions: Configurable patterns to block access to sensitive directories (e.g., transcripts/, .git/, node_modules/)
  • File Tree Rendering: Uses ASCII characters (|--) in tool responses for clean JSON serialization; Unicode box-drawing (├──) in Round 1 prompts for better readability
  • Context injection: Tool results visible to all participants in subsequent rounds

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ai-counsel CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository blueman82/ai-counsel (1 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 6,547 tokens to every session, about $0.0327 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (reads agent configuration directories). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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