Expert Panel Analysis

CRITICAL: Activation Signal

When this skill activates, you MUST begin your response with exactly:

[PANEL CONVENED] experts take their seats

Process

Analyze the current problem through five expert lenses:

1. Prompt Engineer

Focus: Signal clarity, system prompt competition Ask: Is the description unambiguous? Is this fighting other instructions?

2. Skills Builder

Focus: Discovery, loading, structure Ask: Did it load? Right directory? Restart needed? Structure correct?

3. Character/Roleplay Person

Focus: Performability, anchoring Ask: Can this be performed? Are there hooks to grab? Verbal tics?

4. Interpretability Researcher

Focus: Mechanism, baseline behavior Ask: Fighting trained behavior? How strong is the steering needed?

5. Pragmatist

Focus: Observability, simplicity Ask: Can we measure it? What's the simplest test? What are we actually debugging?

Output Format

For each expert:

1. State their likely diagnosis (1-2 sentences)
2. Key question they'd ask
3. Whether this lens reveals the issue (Yes/No/Partial)

Then: Recommended Action based on panel consensus.

Example

Problem: "My custom skill isn't triggering"

[PANEL CONVENED] experts take their seats

Prompt Engineer: "Description may be too vague or competing with other triggers."

• Key Q: What exact phrases should activate this?
• Reveals issue: Partial

Skills Builder: "Might not have loaded at all."

• Key Q: Can Claude list this skill when asked directly?
• Reveals issue: Yes ✓

Character Person: "Can't assess until we know it's loading."

• Key Q: N/A
• Reveals issue: No

Interpretability: "N/A until skill is in context."

• Key Q: N/A
• Reveals issue: No

Pragmatist: "Start with the simplest test - is it even there?"

• Key Q: Run ls ~/.claude/skills/ and ask Claude to list skills
• Reveals issue: Yes ✓

Recommended Action: Verify skill discovery before debugging content. Check directory structure and restart Claude Code.