| Layer | Trigger | Max Turns | Research | Council Models | Orchestrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy | Simple questions, low risk, clear answer | 1 | None | Haiku · Flash-2.0 · GPT-4o-mini · DeepSeek-chat · Grok-3-mini · Mistral-small | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| Medium | Trade-offs present, context required | 2 | 6× DeepSeek-chat → Gemini Flash 2.5 (per-seat parallel) |
Sonnet · Flash-2.5 · GPT-4o · DeepSeek-reasoner · Grok-3 · Mistral-large | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| Hard | Complex, ambiguous, high-stakes decisions | 3 | 6× DeepSeek-reasoner → Gemini Pro 2.5 (per-seat parallel) |
Opus · Pro-2.5 · GPT-4o · DeepSeek-reasoner · Grok-3 · Mistral-large | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| Orchestrator Action | Condition | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| PLAN | Consensus OR final turn of a layer | Produces structured markdown execution plan. Session marked completed. |
| RETRY | No consensus, turns remaining in current layer | Orchestrator refines the prompt, next turn runs in same layer with updated context. |
| ESCALATE | No consensus after all turns in layer | Escalation recorded. Moves to next layer (Easy→Medium→Hard) with stronger models and deeper research. |
| FAILSAFE | All 3 layers exhausted without PLAN | Fallback plan generated from dominant verdict across all model responses. |