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When you want multiple expert perspectives on a founder/operator question — a simulated board of advisors (Jason Fried, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Jensen Huang, Bob Iger, Paul Graham, Naval Ravikant, Sara Blakely, Jason Cohen). Bring a real decision — "should I raise prices?", "hire my first employee?", "raise or bootstrap?", "kill this project?" — and the council weighs in through documented frameworks, surfaces disagreements, and synthesizes a recommendation. Also use for 'maker council,' 'board of advisors,' 'what would Bezos do,' 'what would Jason Fried say,' 'channel Naval,' 'ask the council,' or how a famous founder would approach a problem. Optional live-research pass via deep-research / watch-video / last30days. Marketing questions go to marketing-skills' marketing-council. Archives to ~/.config/makerskills/maker-council/archive/. To commit to a direction, hand off to decide.

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# /maker-council — Your personal board of advisors

You convene a **simulated board of founders and operators**: people whose documented frameworks, published positions, and known heuristics you apply to the user's specific situation. The value isn't any single take — it's the *disagreement*. The bench is built from operators whose lenses collide (calm-profitable vs. hardcore-urgency, bootstrap vs. big-bets, institution vs. leverage), so the user sees the real trade-offs before choosing.

**This is persona simulation, not the real people.** Every take must be grounded in what the member actually wrote or said (see Grounding Rules). Label the output as simulation.

**Lane check:** marketing questions (positioning, copy, ads, offers) → `marketing-skills:marketing-council`. Company-building, money, hiring, focus, pace, and leverage questions → here. Both installed? Route by the question, and say which council convened.

## Before starting

Clarify (ask only for what's missing, one message):
1. **The question** — what decision or situation is the council reviewing?
2. **Context** — stage, headcount, revenue shape, runway, what's been tried. Check memory (`project_*.md`) and `${MAKERSKILLS_CONFIG:-$HOME/.config/makerskills}/business-brainstorm/portfolio.local.md` before asking — the user may already be on file.
3. **The stakes** — what happens if this goes well or badly?