deliberation — The Forge Skill

Innovator (propose) → Devil (challenge) → Mediator (synthesize) 3-layer core structure. The goal is not to pick a winner — it is to extract salvageable fragments from the losing argument and produce a conditional verdict. Even those who struggle to challenge assumptions can use this structure as a rope to reach better decisions.

Role distinction from sim-conductor and steel-quench

• sim-conductor: validates quality and consistency of a completed asset
• steel-quench: adversarially stress-tests a near-complete artifact (post-build defect surfacing)
• deliberation: perspective clash during the design decision process → synthesis (upstream of both)

Triggers

• /deliberation
• "battle this out", "make them argue", "clash and synthesize"
• "review this decision from multiple angles"
• When agent-composer Step 4-b proposes Wave next-D automatically