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Put a marketing decision before a simulated board of legendary marketers: each argues from their documented frameworks, the disagreements get mapped, and a chair's synthesis picks your next move.
Install the skill or give me an instruction how to install it - marketing-council from https://github.com/coreyhaines31/marketingskills Free Open source Works in Claude, Cursor, Codex & more
What it does
You bring a marketing decision, a pricing change, a launch plan, a landing page, and get it argued out by a simulated board of legendary marketers: Seth Godin, David Ogilvy, Eugene Schwartz, April Dunford, Alex Hormozi, Byron Sharp, and six more. It seats 3 to 5 advisors suited to your question, always including one deliberate dissenter, and each gives a take built from their documented frameworks, not generic advice with a famous name attached.
The most useful part is the disagreement map. It names 2 to 4 real conflicts between the takes, the trade-off underneath each one, and what evidence would settle it. A chair's synthesis then fits a recommendation to your stage and constraints.
Every session is labeled as simulation. Takes are grounded in each advisor's published work, and it never fabricates quotes.
When to use it
- You're torn between two marketing directions
Three to five advisors argue it out, a map of where they disagree shows the real trade-off, and a chair's synthesis picks the direction that fits your stage.
- You're about to make a big bet
A repositioning, a pricing change, or a launch plan goes before the full council of 12, so you see every angle and the tripwire to watch before you commit.
- You want a specific marketer's take
Ask what Ogilvy would say about your headline or how Hormozi would rebuild your offer, and get a quick take grounded in what they actually wrote.
- Your plan gets nodded through every review
The council always seats a dissenter, so you hear the strongest case against your plan before the market makes it for you.
FAQ
What kinds of marketing decisions can the council review?
Anything with a real trade-off: positioning, a pricing change, a launch plan, a landing page rewrite, a rebrand, or where to spend an ad budget. marketing-council seats the advisors whose lenses fit the question and always adds one whose documented position cuts against where you are leaning.
How is this different from asking an AI to answer as a famous marketer?
marketing-council ships a research dossier for each of its 12 advisors covering their frameworks, documented positions with sources, signature questions, and blind spots. Takes are anchored in that material, and a take that would survive with the name swapped is treated as a failure by the skill itself.
Can I choose which advisors are on the council?
Yes. You can ask one advisor for a quick take, request specific names for a 3 to 5 seat session, or convene all 12. marketing-council always seats a designated dissenter by default, and you can add your own advisors by filling in the included dossier template.
Does it know what these marketers have said recently?
It can check. marketing-council offers an optional live research pass that uses web search or your installed research skills to pull what the seated advisors have actually written or said about your topic, folds it into their takes with citations, and trusts fresh sources over the shipped dossiers when they conflict.