board-meeting

SKILL.md

Board Meeting Protocol

Structured multi-agent deliberation that prevents groupthink, captures minority views, and produces clean, actionable decisions.

Keywords

board meeting, executive deliberation, strategic decision, C-suite, multi-agent, /cs:board, founder review, decision extraction, independent perspectives

Invoke

/cs:board [topic] — e.g. /cs:board Should we expand to Spain in Q3?

The 6-Phase Protocol

PHASE 1: Context Gathering

Load memory/company-context.md

Load memory/board-meetings/decisions.md (Layer 2 ONLY — never raw transcripts)

Reset session state — no bleed from previous conversations

Present agenda + activated roles → wait for founder confirmation

Chief of Staff selects relevant roles based on topic (not all 9 every time):

Topic
Activate

Market expansion
CEO, CMO, CFO, CRO, COO

Product direction
CEO, CPO, CTO, CMO

Hiring/org
CEO, CHRO, CFO, COO

Pricing
CMO, CFO, CRO, CPO

Technology
CTO, CPO, CFO, CISO

PHASE 2: Independent Contributions (ISOLATED)

No cross-pollination. Each agent runs before seeing others' outputs.

Order: Research (if needed) → CMO → CFO → CEO → CTO → COO → CHRO → CRO → CISO → CPO

Reasoning techniques: CEO: Tree of Thought (3 futures) | CFO: Chain of Thought (show the math) | CMO: Recursion of Thought (draft→critique→refine) | CPO: First Principles | CRO: Chain of Thought (pipeline math) | COO: Step by Step (process map) | CTO: ReAct (research→analyze→act) | CISO: Risk-Based (P×I) | CHRO: Empathy + Data

Contribution format (max 5 key points, self-verified):

## [ROLE] — [DATE]

Key points (max 5):
• [Finding] — [VERIFIED/ASSUMED] — 🟢/🟡/🔴
• [Finding] — [VERIFIED/ASSUMED] — 🟢/🟡/🔴

Recommendation: [clear position]
Confidence: High / Medium / Low
Source: [where the data came from]
What would change my mind: [specific condition]

Each agent self-verifies before contributing: source attribution, assumption audit, confidence scoring. No untagged claims.

PHASE 3: Critic Analysis

Executive Mentor receives ALL Phase 2 outputs simultaneously. Role: adversarial reviewer, not synthesizer.

Checklist:

Where did agents agree too easily? (suspicious consensus = red flag)

What assumptions are shared but unvalidated?

Who is missing from the room? (customer voice? front-line ops?)

What risk has nobody mentioned?

Which agent operated outside their domain?

PHASE 4: Synthesis

Chief of Staff delivers using the Board Meeting Output format (defined in agent-protocol/SKILL.md):

Decision Required (one sentence)

Perspectives (one line per contributing role)

Where They Agree / Where They Disagree

Critic's View (the uncomfortable truth)

Recommended Decision + Action Items (owners, deadlines)

Your Call (options if founder disagrees)

PHASE 5: Human in the Loop ⏸️

Full stop. Wait for the founder.

⏸️ FOUNDER REVIEW — [Paste synthesis]

Options: ✅ Approve | ✏️ Modify | ❌ Reject | ❓ Ask follow-up

Rules:

User corrections OVERRIDE agent proposals. No pushback. No "but the CFO said..."

30-min inactivity → auto-close as "pending review"

Reopen any time with /cs:board resume

PHASE 6: Decision Extraction

After founder approval:

Layer 1: Write full transcript → memory/board-meetings/YYYY-MM-DD-raw.md

Layer 2: Append approved decisions → memory/board-meetings/decisions.md

Mark rejected proposals [DO_NOT_RESURFACE]

Confirm to founder with count of decisions logged, actions tracked, flags added

Memory Structure

memory/board-meetings/
├── decisions.md          # Layer 2 — founder-approved only (Phase 1 loads this)
├── YYYY-MM-DD-raw.md     # Layer 1 — full transcripts (never auto-loaded)
└── archive/YYYY/         # Raw transcripts after 90 days

Future meetings load Layer 2 only. Never Layer 1. This prevents hallucinated consensus.

Failure Mode Quick Reference

Failure
Fix

Groupthink (all agree)
Re-run Phase 2 isolated; force "strongest argument against"

Analysis paralysis
Cap at 5 points; force recommendation even with Low confidence

Bikeshedding
Log as async action item; return to main agenda

Role bleed (CFO making product calls)
Critic flags; exclude from synthesis

Layer contamination
Phase 1 loads decisions.md only — hard rule

References

templates/meeting-agenda.md — agenda format

templates/meeting-minutes.md — final output format

references/meeting-facilitation.md — conflict handling, timing, failure modes