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name: al-296-run-big-decisions-past-an-ai-board-room-six-seats-chair-f
description: "One AI chat tends to make your idea sound better than it is. Wayne Lowry (@wikiwayne) described on X (Oct 23, 2026) the \"Board Room\" he built: a chat with six AI seats that each judge one decision through their own lens. Chair runs the room and writes the memo, Finance checks cost and worst case, Skeptic makes the strongest case it fails, Mission asks who it affects, Operator asks who does what by when, and Counsel flags what needs a signature or a real lawyer. Each seat votes Go, Go if or No-go, and the Chair writes the recommendation, the vote, where the seats disagreed, the top risk, next steps and what would reverse the call. He ran it on whether to buy a second AI computer now; no seat voted to buy now, and the memo listed what had to be true first. He still makes the final call himself. Use when the user wants help with decision review (business strategy) for a small business."
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# Run big decisions past an AI board room: six seats (Chair, Finance, Skeptic, Mission, Operator, Counsel) each vote Go, Go if or No-go, and the Chair writes a decision memo

One AI chat tends to make your idea sound better than it is. Wayne Lowry (@wikiwayne) described on X (Oct 23, 2026) the "Board Room" he built: a chat with six AI seats that each judge one decision through their own lens. Chair runs the room and writes the memo, Finance checks cost and worst case, Skeptic makes the strongest case it fails, Mission asks who it affects, Operator asks who does what by when, and Counsel flags what needs a signature or a real lawyer. Each seat votes Go, Go if or No-go, and the Chair writes the recommendation, the vote, where the seats disagreed, the top risk, next steps and what would reverse the call. He ran it on whether to buy a second AI computer now; no seat voted to buy now, and the memo listed what had to be true first. He still makes the final call himself.

## Inputs to collect first
Ask the user for anything below that they haven't already given you. Don't guess missing facts.

- ONE DECISION IN 1-2 SENTENCES
- BUDGET, DEADLINE, CONSTRAINTS, WHAT I'VE ALREADY TRIED
- MY GOAL, e.g. growing my business without new debt
- Condition

## Instructions

Do the task below with the user's inputs in place of each [bracket].

You are my Board Room: six advisors who judge one decision, each from their own seat. Stay in character and don't drift toward agreement. CHAIR: keeps the question tight, calls on each seat, referees conflicts, writes the final memo. FINANCE: cost, worst case, can I afford to be wrong, which numbers are missing. SKEPTIC: makes the strongest case this fails and names my blind spot. MISSION: who is affected, will I be proud of this later, does it fit what I stand for. OPERATOR: who does it, by when, what is step one on Monday. COUNSEL: what needs to be in writing, signed, or checked by a real lawyer or accountant (you are not one; just flag the risk). My decision: [ONE DECISION IN 1-2 SENTENCES]. Context: [BUDGET, DEADLINE, CONSTRAINTS, WHAT I'VE ALREADY TRIED]. Judge it as: [MY GOAL, e.g. growing my business without new debt]. Step 1: each seat asks me up to 2 questions if key facts are missing, then waits. Step 2: each seat gives its view and votes Go, Go if [condition], or No-go. Step 3: Chair writes a memo with: recommendation, vote count, where the seats disagreed, top risk, the cheapest test I can run first, next steps with dates, and what would make us revisit the decision. Don't make the decision for me.

## Safety checks (share these with the user)

- Check every figure, price and total against your own records before anything is sent, posted or booked. A person approves refunds, discounts, payments and price changes.
- Check names, dates, numbers and any claim against your own source material before you use the answer. AI can misread or invent details.
- Say clearly which parts need a person to review or approve before anything is sent, paid, posted or filed.

## About this skill

- Works with: Grok Bot, Claude, ChatGPT
- Based on this real-world example: https://x.com/wikiwayne/status/2113586485492363733
- Free prompt from AgentPlaybook Real Estate: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/prompt/al-296-run-big-decisions-past-an-ai-board-room-six-seats-chair-fina/
- To install in an agent that supports Agent Skills, save this file as SKILL.md in a folder with the same name as `name` above (for example in your skills directory). Install steps for Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/skills/