council expert
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Manage Council’s expert library (create, list, inspect, edit, delete)
council expert [options] [command]Aliases: experts
Subcommands
Section titled “Subcommands”council expert create
Section titled “council expert create”Create a new expert in the library (or recreate one whose YAML was deleted)
Usage
council expert create [options]Options
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
--persona |
Create a trainable persona expert with document-based training via ‘council expert train’ | — |
--slug <slug> |
URL-safe slug (lowercase, alphanumeric + hyphens) | — |
--name <displayName> |
Display name | — |
--role <role> |
One-line role descriptor | — |
--expertise <items> |
Comma-separated weighted-evidence types (at least one) | — |
--stance <stance> |
Viewpoint or perspective (e.g., skeptical, optimistic, devil’s advocate, conservative, neutral) | — |
--model <model> |
Model identifier (e.g. claude-haiku-4.5) | — |
--personality <flavor> |
Optional personality flavor | — |
--persona-description <text> |
Persona relationship description | — |
council expert list
Section titled “council expert list”List all experts in the library
Usage
council expert list [options]Options
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
--format <kind> |
Output format: table (default) or json | table |
council expert inspect
Section titled “council expert inspect”Show full detail for a single expert
Usage
council expert inspect [options] <slug>Arguments
| Argument | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
<slug> |
Expert slug to inspect | — |
Options
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
--format <kind> |
Output format (plain or json) | plain |
council expert edit
Section titled “council expert edit”Open the expert YAML in $EDITOR and re-validate on save
Usage
council expert edit [options] <slug>Arguments
| Argument | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
<slug> |
Expert slug to edit | — |
council expert delete
Section titled “council expert delete”Delete an expert from the library
Usage
council expert delete [options] <slug>Arguments
| Argument | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
<slug> |
Expert slug to delete | — |
Options
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
--force |
Delete even if the expert is a member of one or more panels | — |
--yes |
Skip confirmation prompt (required in non-interactive mode) | — |
council expert docs
Section titled “council expert docs”List or un-index documents for a persona expert
Usage
council expert docs [options] <slug>Arguments
| Argument | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
<slug> |
Persona expert slug | — |
Options
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
--remove <file> |
Un-index the named document (kept on disk; profile refreshes on next use) | — |
council expert train
Section titled “council expert train”Reprocess all documents for a persona expert and refresh its profile
Usage
council expert train [options] <slug>Arguments
| Argument | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
<slug> |
Persona expert slug | — |
Options
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
--retrain |
Clear the existing profile and rebuild from scratch | — |
--file <path...> |
Copy one or more files into the expert docs dir before training (repeatable) | — |
--url <url...> |
Download one or more URLs into the expert docs dir before training (repeatable); the URL’s path must end in a supported file extension — .md, .txt, .html, .pdf, .csv, .docx, etc. — pages without a recognized extension won’t be ingested | — |
--engine <kind> |
Engine to use for profile analysis (choices: copilot, mock, openai, anthropic) |
copilot |