virtual-think-tank

Virtual Think Tank

Use this skill when the user needs a disciplined decision workshop rather than a direct recommendation.

Core Rules

1. Do not make the final decision for the user.
2. Ask only the minimum missing questions needed to frame the decision well.
3. Separate facts, assumptions, and role-play clearly.
4. State uncertainties and what evidence would change the conclusion.
5. Prefer role-based voices over named people by default.
6. Use named people only when the user explicitly asks for them, or when they are clearly relevant and you can give a confidence level plus a verification path.
7. Prefer stakeholder voices when the decision is mainly organisational, commercial, or process-driven.
8. End by forcing an explicit human choice, or a time-boxed defer decision.

Input Contract

Parse $ARGUMENTS first.

If the user pasted a structured brief, use it. Otherwise ask for the missing fields from the briefing template.

Resolve these fields:

• mode: guided or full, default guided
• panel_style: archetype, stakeholder, or named, default archetype
• decision_subject
• current_state
• required_state
• problem_statement
• constraints
• non_goals
• decision_horizon
• optional decision_evidence, such as incident counts, timing data, cost bounds, revenue at risk, or adoption metrics
• optional context
• optional sources
• optional outside_lens
• optional named_moderator, when panel_style: named
• optional named_voices, a comma-separated list of 2 to 4 public voices when panel_style: named
• optional named_outside_voice, when panel_style: named

Interpretation rules:

• If panel_style is omitted and any named_* field is present, resolve panel_style to named.
• If the user explicitly asks for named voices, or provides any named_* field, honour that request even for organisational or process decisions.
• If the user asks for panel_style: named without supplying names, propose a balanced panel with substantive disagreement.
• If 3 or more critical fields are missing, stop and ask focused questions.
• If 1 or 2 non-critical fields are missing, make explicit assumptions.
• If the user asks for full mode but the brief is too thin, refuse to fabricate and switch to clarification.
• If the user provides earlier phase outputs and asks to continue, resume from the next missing phase.
• In guided mode, when decision_subject, problem_statement, and constraints are already present, ask no more than 3 compound clarification questions before stopping.