Core idea
This setup uses a prepared LLM Council folder containing scripts, code, and a SKILL.md file. Installation consists of placing that complete folder in the coding environment's global skills directory, restarting the application, and confirming that the council command is available.
How it works
The installation workflow is:
- Download the packaged skill files.
- Extract the downloaded archive.
- Locate the folder named LLM Council. This folder contains the scripts, code, and SKILL.md file required by the skill.
- Open the coding environment used to run the skill. This workflow uses Claude Code.
- Ask the coding environment to return the file path where global skills are installed.
- Copy the returned path.
- In Finder, press Command-Shift-G, paste the path, and open that location.
- Drag the entire LLM Council folder into the global skills directory.
- Quit and reopen the application so that it reloads the installed skills.
- Enter /LLM Council and confirm that the skill appears.
The procedure deliberately asks the coding environment for its current global skills path instead of relying on a hard-coded path. The path can then be opened directly through Finder.
Why it matters
The council is implemented as a skill rather than as a one-off prompt. The scripts, code, and SKILL.md file define the repeatable workflow that spawns agents and coordinates their responses. If the folder is placed in the wrong location or the application is not restarted, the command may not become available.
Installation therefore has two separate success conditions: the files must be in the global skills location, and the application must reload them.
Practical application
Use the coding environment itself to locate the correct directory. A suitable request is: provide the file path where global skills are installed so that the folder can be placed there.
After copying the folder, fully quit and reopen the application. Then type the LLM Council slash command. Seeing the skill in the command interface is the immediate validation that the registration step worked.
Keep the package intact. The workflow installs the complete LLM Council folder, not individual files selected from inside it.
Trade-offs and limitations
This setup assumes that a working skill package has already been supplied. It does not explain how to write the scripts or SKILL.md file from scratch.
This installation method is tied to Claude Code and its global skills mechanism. Although other LLM applications are mentioned, equivalent installation directories or commands for those applications are not provided. Those details should not be inferred from this workflow.
Key takeaway
Install the prepared LLM Council folder as a complete global skill, restart the coding application, and verify the installation through the slash command before attempting a council run.