council-init — Generate the Per-Host Profile

council-init — Generate the Per-Host Profile

SCOPE: Run council init, report what it produced. Nothing else.

Step 0: Verify CLI

which council

If missing: go install github.com/fitz123/council/cmd/council@latest.

Step 1: Probe both profile locations

council init only writes ~/.config/council/default.yaml, but council itself resolves profiles in this order on every run:

1. ./.council/default.yaml (cwd-local — wins if present)
2. ~/.config/council/default.yaml (user-global)
3. Embedded defaults compiled into the binary

A cwd-local profile silently shadows whatever init produces. Probe both:

test -f .council/default.yaml && echo "local:  found .council/default.yaml" || echo "local:  missing .council/default.yaml"
test -f ~/.config/council/default.yaml && echo "global: found ~/.config/council/default.yaml" || echo "global: missing ~/.config/council/default.yaml"

If global exists: ask via AskUserQuestion whether to keep or regenerate (Keep current exits, Regenerate runs council init --force). If a local profile also exists, warn that it shadows the global one — /council will keep using the local file regardless of what init writes.

Step 2: Surface vendor CLIs

for b in claude codex gemini; do
  if command -v "$b" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "$b: $(command -v "$b")"
  else
    echo "$b: not found"
  fi
done

Each is subscription-based — no API keys:

Executor	Binary	Install	Auth
claude-code	claude	https://docs.claude.com/claude-code	claude /login
codex	codex	brew install codex (or per-platform release)	codex login
gemini-cli	gemini	brew install gemini-cli (or per-platform release)	run gemini once → OAuth browser flow

Proceed regardless — init writes a profile with whatever subset is verified.

Step 3: Run init

Strip CLAUDECODE so the live-probe of the claude-code executor (which spawns claude -p) does not trip the nested-CLI guard:

env -u CLAUDECODE -u CLAUDE_CODE_ENTRYPOINT council init

…or council init --force when regenerating. Report verified / skipped CLIs from stderr.

Step 4: Confirm

ls -la ~/.config/council/default.yaml
head -20 ~/.config/council/default.yaml

If ./.council/default.yaml exists, repeat the shadowing warning — /council will keep using the local file until it is removed or edited.

Quorum scales as min(2, len(verified)). Zero verified is a hard error.

STOP. Do not offer to run a debate.