Local Council Execution

When no external providers are configured, convene a council of independent Claude subagents instead. Each member answers from one role, blind to the others; you then synthesize the spread of perspectives.

Read this first — the honest framing is not optional. Every member is Claude. They share priors and training, so agreement between them is weak signal, not validation. The value here is independent angles and blind-spot coverage, not consensus. The output you produce MUST make this explicit and MUST NOT present member agreement as if it were cross-vendor corroboration.

Step 0: Confirm this is a local-council context (guard)

A local council is the fallback for when no real providers exist — it is not a default way to "use the council". Only proceed if one of these holds: