feat(councils): add preflight, schema-driven outputs, and artifact reporting

src/frontends/tui/commands.test.ts

@@ -33,9 +33,16 @@ describe('parseCommand', () => {
 
   it('parses /council command', () => {
     expect(parseCommand('/council design backup plan')).toEqual({ type: 'council', task: 'design backup plan' });
+    expect(parseCommand('/council preflight')).toEqual({ type: 'council', task: 'preflight' });
     expect(parseCommand('/council')).toEqual({ type: 'council', task: '' });
   });
 
+  it('parses natural-language council shortcut', () => {
+    expect(parseCommand('run council design backup plan')).toEqual({ type: 'council', task: 'design backup plan' });
+    expect(parseCommand('yes run the council')).toEqual({ type: 'council', task: '' });
+    expect(parseCommand('Run council on #2')).toEqual({ type: 'council', task: '#2' });
+  });
+
   it('parses /fullscreen command', () => {
     expect(parseCommand('/fullscreen')).toEqual({ type: 'fullscreen' });
     expect(parseCommand('/fs')).toEqual({ type: 'fullscreen' });
@@ -197,6 +204,11 @@ describe('getCommandCompletions', () => {
     const completions = getCommandCompletions('/model fast x');
     expect(completions).toEqual(['/model fast xai']);
   });
+
+  it('completes /council preflight shortcut', () => {
+    const completions = getCommandCompletions('/council pre');
+    expect(completions).toEqual(['/council preflight']);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('isToolInventoryQuery', () => {

src/frontends/tui/commands.ts

@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ export function parseCommand(input: string): Command | null {
   if (trimmed === '/council') {
     return { type: 'council', task: '' };
   }
+  // Natural-language council shortcut for common flows.
+  const councilShortcut = trimmed.match(/^(?:yes\s+)?run\s+(?:the\s+)?council(?:\s+on)?(?:\s+(.+))?$/i);
+  if (councilShortcut) {
+    return { type: 'council', task: (councilShortcut[1] ?? '').trim() };
+  }
 
   // Fullscreen
   if (trimmed === '/fullscreen' || trimmed === '/fs') {
@@ -211,6 +216,7 @@ Commands:
   /backend [provider]    Show or switch local backend (ollama, llamacpp)
   /research <task>       Delegate a task to the configured research agent
   /council <task>        Run the councils pipeline for a task
+  /council preflight     Check council tier routing, endpoint/auth mode, and probe latency
   /login [provider]      Authenticate with GitHub, OpenAI, Anthropic, or Z.AI
   /pair                  List pending pairing codes and approved senders
   /pair generate [label] Generate a new DM pairing code
@@ -275,7 +281,7 @@ export const COMMAND_TOOLTIPS: Record<string, string> = {
   '/model': 'Show or switch model (local, default, fast, complex)',
   '/backend': 'Show or switch local backend (ollama, llamacpp)',
   '/research': 'Delegate a task to the configured research agent',
-  '/council': 'Run the councils pipeline for a task',
+  '/council': 'Run the councils pipeline for a task; use "/council preflight" for route/auth checks',
   '/reset': 'Clear conversation history',
   '/clear': 'Clear conversation history',
   '/new': 'Start a new conversation',
@@ -319,6 +325,14 @@ export const MODEL_TOOLTIPS: Record<string, string> = {
 export function getCommandCompletions(partial: string): string[] {
   const trimmed = partial.trim();
 
+  if (trimmed.startsWith('/council ')) {
+    const suffix = trimmed.slice('/council '.length).toLowerCase();
+    if ('preflight'.startsWith(suffix)) {
+      return ['/council preflight'];
+    }
+    return [];
+  }
+
   // Complete /model <tier> <provider/model>
   if (trimmed.startsWith('/model ')) {
     const args = trimmed.slice('/model '.length).trim();

src/frontends/tui/components/App.tsx

@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ export function App({
 
       case 'council': {
         if (!command.task.trim()) {
-          pushAssistantMessage('Usage: /council <question or task>');
+          pushAssistantMessage('Usage: /council <question or task> | /council preflight');
           return;
         }
         if (!onCouncil) {