agora

Agora

Purpose

This is the umbrella entrypoint skill for Agora. Use it when you know you want Agora's reasoning style, but you do not want to remember the exact skill name first.

Agora is the single primary public entrypoint. Other core skills remain available for direct advanced use, but ordinary users should be able to start with agora and let it choose the workflow.

Concepts

• core skill: reusable procedure or artifact generator
• mode: enum-like judgment posture, not a callable skill
• workflow: ordered skill sequence with fallback, stop condition, and artifact
• artifact: required durable output proving the workflow completed

Modes are documented in docs/modes.md. Workflow registry entries are documented in docs/workflows.md.

Routing guide

If the problem is vague

Use clarify-goals.

Expected artifact:

• clarification brief

If the problem is a real decision fork

Use the decide workflow:

• frame-the-decision
• compare-options
• decision-memo
• minority-report if disagreement remains

Expected artifact:

• decision package

If the problem is verification or release/risk review

Use the plan-stress-test workflow when the user wants pressure testing:

• clarify-goals
• cartesian-grill
• doubt-list
• decision-memo if a recommendation is ready

Use doubt-list directly when the user already has enough material for a batch verification artifact.

Expected artifact:

• grill transcript when interactive questioning is needed
• doubt list
• verification plan
• optional decision memo

If the problem is about hidden assumptions or inherited categories

Use the assumption-reframe workflow:

• clarify-goals
• assumption-audit
• decision-memo if a recommendation is ready

Expected artifact:

• assumption audit

If the problem needs explicit Hegelian synthesis

Use the strategic-synthesis workflow in dialectic mode:

• clarify-goals
• steelman
• compare-options
• synthesis-memo
• decision-memo if a decision is ready

Expected artifact:

• synthesis memo or deadlock report

If the problem needs governance or separated approval roles

Use the governance-approval workflow in court mode:

• clarify-goals
• court-review
• decision-memo if a decision is ready

Expected artifact:

• court review

If the problem needs fair disagreement before critique

Use steelman.

Expected artifact:

• strongest-form restatement

If clear requirements need a PRD

Use the prd-from-clear-requirements workflow:

• clarify-goals
• prd-from-requirements
• cartesian-grill if the plan needs pressure before implementation

Expected artifact:

• PRD with tasks, subtasks, acceptance checks, and open questions

If clear requirements are ready for implementation

Use the implementation workflow:

• prd-from-requirements if no PRD exists yet
• tdd-subagent-implementation

Expected artifact:

• TDD subagent implementation report

Workflow registry

When routing to a workflow:

1. Name the selected workflow.
2. Execute each phase in order.
3. For each phase, use the corresponding Agora core skill if available.
4. If the host does not load that skill, inline the minimum procedure from that skill's contract.
5. Do not stop after phase 1 unless the workflow says clarification is the final artifact.
6. Finish only when the workflow's artifact requirement is satisfied.

plan-stress-test

workflow: plan-stress-test
trigger:
  - 사용자가 계획, 설계, PRD, 전략을 검증하고 싶어함
  - "이게 맞는지 압박해줘", "grill 해줘", "위험을 찾아줘"
mode: skeptic
phases:
  1: clarify-goals
  2: cartesian-grill
  3: doubt-list
  4: decision-memo
fallback:
  - cartesian-grill skill이 로드되지 않으면 agora가 한 질문씩 직접 수행
stop_condition:
  - 검증 가능한 doubt list가 나왔거나
  - blocking ambiguity가 드러났거나
  - decision memo 작성이 가능해졌을 때
artifact:
  - grill transcript
  - doubt list
  - optional decision memo

See docs/workflows.md for the full registry.

Recommended starter set

If you are installing Agora on a host with skill discovery, the smallest useful starter set is:

• agora
• clarify-goals
• cartesian-grill
• doubt-list
• court-review
• decision-memo

Modes such as dialectic, skeptic, genealogy, and court are not installed as skills.

How to use

1. Load agora
2. State the task in plain language
3. Ask Agora which workflow is the right one
4. Continue with the routed skill

Example:

Use Agora to help me with this problem.
We need a better internal agent workflow, but I do not know whether the issue is reliability, governance, or collaboration.

Expected routing:

• clarify-goals

Completion condition

This skill is complete when the next specific Agora skill is obvious.