The AI Counsel — API & MCP Skill

Overview

The AI Counsel has two operating modes:

• Council mode — 3-stage multi-LLM deliberation: individual responses → anonymous peer ranking → chairman synthesis
• Advisor mode — Named personas debate a question across configurable rounds, reaching consensus or delivering a structured verdict

Transport rule (read first): If The AI Counsel MCP tools are available in your session, call them — do not shell out to curl for the same operation. This skill’s REST sections are the fallback reference when MCP is missing, the SSE session is stale, or you need raw SSE/admin export.

MCP server (v0.7.0): Built-in SSE at http://localhost:8001/mcp/sse (stdio: python -m the_ai_counsel_mcp). Exposes 10 action-based tools (not 25). Verify via GET /api/health → "mcp": {"tools": 10, "sse_url": "..."}.

Default base URL (REST fallback only): http://localhost:8001
Remote server: replace with http://<server-ip>:8001

MCP-first routing