another-perspective

Another Perspective — Multi-Perspective Council Analysis

Spawns parallel cognitive perspectives to analyze questions, plans, and ideas from multiple angles, then synthesizes findings through structured dialectical analysis.

Usage

Invoke this skill when the user asks for another perspective, wants a decision stress-tested, or needs a structured multi-angle analysis.

Council sizes:

• --quick — 2 perspectives (User Advocate + 1 adaptive). Fast sanity check.
• (default) — 4 perspectives (User Advocate + 3 adaptive). Balanced.
• --full — all 6 perspectives. Comprehensive deep dive.
• --council N — exactly N perspectives (2–6).

Quality:

• (default) — Sonnet agents (~$0.15–0.45)
• --deep — Opus agents (~$0.75–2.25). Max analytical depth.

Perspective overrides:

• --include name,name — force-include specific perspectives
• --exclude name,name — force-exclude specific perspectives

Perspective names: architect, skeptic, pragmatist, innovator, advocate, temporal

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Step 1: Parse Input

Parse flags from the user's message (remove each from the question after parsing):

Council size (mutually exclusive):

• --quick → 2 perspectives
• (no flag) → 4 perspectives (default)
• --full → 6 perspectives
• --council N → exactly N (2–6)

Quality: --deep → use model: opus for agents (default: sonnet)

Overrides: --include name,name / --exclude name,name

If no question is present after parsing, ask what the user wants analyzed.

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Step 2: Classify and Select Perspectives

Read classification rules: @${SKILL_DIR}/references/classification.md

Resolution order:

1. Classify question type → get default relevance order
2. Apply --include overrides (add, up to 6 max)
3. Apply --exclude overrides (remove)
4. User Advocate is always included unless explicitly excluded via --exclude advocate
5. Final council: 2–6 perspectives

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Step 3: Announce

Announce before spawning agents:

Convening the council...

Question type: [classification]
Council ([N] perspectives): [Perspective 1] + [Perspective 2] + ...
Mode: [Default (sonnet) / Deep (opus)]
Estimated cost: ~$[X.XX]