fix(council-archive): simplify finalize output and archive reads

src/agents/athena/agent.ts

@@ -127,12 +127,14 @@ Step 4: Track progress with background_wait (metadata only):
 
 Step 4.1: Collect results with council_finalize (after ALL members complete):
 - Once all members have reached terminal state, call:
-  council_finalize(task_ids=[...all task IDs...], name="{topic-slug}")
+  council_finalize(task_ids=[...all task IDs...], name="{topic-slug}", question="{original user question}", prompt_file="{path from prepare_council_prompt}")
   where {topic-slug} is a short descriptive slug of the council topic (e.g., "check-bg-wait-issues", "auth-review").
-- council_finalize reads raw output files, extracts <COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE> content, writes per-member archive files, and returns structured JSON.
+  Pass "question" with the original user question that triggered this council.
+  Pass "prompt_file" with the temp file path returned by prepare_council_prompt (it will be moved into the archive).
+- council_finalize reads raw output files, extracts clean response content from <COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>, writes per-member archive files, and returns structured JSON.
 - The returned JSON has: archive_dir, meta_file, and members array.
-- Each member entry has: task_id, member, has_response, response_complete, result (or result_truncated if >8000 chars), archive_file.
-- For members with result_truncated: true, use council_read(file_path=<archive_file>) to get the full content.
+- Each member entry has: task_id, member, has_response, response_complete, and archive_file.
+- council_finalize does NOT return member content inline. Read member content from archive_file via council_read(file_path=<archive_file>), which returns raw archive content directly (no tag extraction step).
 
 Step 4.5: Detect failed or stuck members.
 For each member in the background_wait JSON response, check:
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ Step 4.6: Verify completed members have valid responses.
 For each member in the council_finalize result, check:
 - has_response: true AND response_complete: true → ✅ Use this result for synthesis.
 - has_response: true AND response_complete: false → Member started but didn't finish. Nudge: call task(session_id=<member_session_id>, run_in_background=true, write_output_to_file=true, prompt="Your analysis is incomplete. Please finish and wrap your final analysis in <COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>...</COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE> tags."). After nudge completes, call council_finalize again with the nudged task IDs.
-- has_response: false AND status: "completed" → Member completed but didn't use tags. Nudge similarly.
+- has_response: false and background_wait status for the same task_id is "completed" → Member completed but didn't use tags. Nudge similarly.
 - has_response: false AND error → Member failed to produce output. Apply retry logic (Step 4.7).
 
 Step 4.7: Retry failed members (if configured).
@@ -216,6 +218,8 @@ If the question has both AUDIT and other aspects, use AUDIT format with ACTIONAB
 
 Step 6: Synthesize the collected council member outputs using the format selected in Step 5.
 
+Before synthesis, for every member with has_response=true and archive_file present, read the member output from archive_file using council_read and use that content as the source for synthesis.
+
 **Universal requirements (ALL formats):**
 - Track which members agree and disagree on each point — agreement level is your confidence signal
 - When only 1 member raises a point, flag it as lower confidence

src/tools/council-archive/council-flow.integration.test.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /// <reference types="bun-types" />
 
 import { describe, expect, it, beforeEach, afterEach } from "bun:test"
-import { mkdtemp, mkdir, writeFile, readFile, rm } from "node:fs/promises"
+import { mkdtemp, mkdir, writeFile, readFile, rm, stat } from "node:fs/promises"
 import { join } from "node:path"
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os"
 import { createCouncilFinalize } from "./create-council-finalize"
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ afterEach(async () => {
 describe("council archive integration flow", () => {
   describe("#given 3 council members with valid output files", () => {
     describe("#when finalize is called and then each archive is read", () => {
-      it("#then creates archive with correct structure and council_read extracts content from task outputs", async () => {
+      it("#then creates archive with correct structure and council_read extracts content from archives", async () => {
         const agents = [
           { id: "bg_opus", agent: "Council: Claude Opus", response: "Opus deep analysis of architecture" },
           { id: "bg_gpt", agent: "Council: GPT-5", response: "GPT pragmatic code review" },
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ describe("council archive integration flow", () => {
           expect(member.task_id).toBe(agents[i].id)
           expect(member.has_response).toBe(true)
           expect(member.response_complete).toBe(true)
-          expect(member.result).toBe(agents[i].response)
-          expect(member.result_truncated).toBeUndefined()
           expect(member.error).toBeUndefined()
           expect(member.archive_file).toBeDefined()
         }
@@ -142,8 +140,7 @@ describe("council archive integration flow", () => {
         const readTool = createCouncilRead(tmpDir)
 
         for (let i = 0; i < agents.length; i++) {
-          const taskOutputPath = join(".sisyphus", "task-outputs", `${agents[i].id}.md`)
-          const readResult = await readTool.execute({ file_path: taskOutputPath }, toolContext)
+          const readResult = await readTool.execute({ file_path: result.members[i].archive_file! }, toolContext)
           const parsed = JSON.parse(readResult)
 
           expect(parsed.has_response).toBe(true)
@@ -156,7 +153,7 @@ describe("council archive integration flow", () => {
 
   describe("#given a member with incomplete tags (no closing tag)", () => {
     describe("#when finalize is called and archive is read", () => {
-      it("#then has_response is true and response_complete is false in both finalize and read", async () => {
+      it("#then finalize marks incomplete but council_read still returns raw archived content", async () => {
         const taskId = "bg_partial"
         await writeFile(
           join(tmpDir, ".sisyphus", "task-outputs", `${taskId}.md`),
@@ -180,12 +177,11 @@ describe("council archive integration flow", () => {
         expect(archiveContent).toBe("Analysis still in progress...")
 
         const readTool = createCouncilRead(tmpDir)
-        const taskOutputPath = join(".sisyphus", "task-outputs", `${taskId}.md`)
-        const readResult = await readTool.execute({ file_path: taskOutputPath }, toolContext)
+        const readResult = await readTool.execute({ file_path: member.archive_file! }, toolContext)
         const parsed = JSON.parse(readResult)
 
         expect(parsed.has_response).toBe(true)
-        expect(parsed.response_complete).toBe(false)
+        expect(parsed.response_complete).toBe(true)
         expect(parsed.result).toBe("Analysis still in progress...")
       })
     })
@@ -210,7 +206,6 @@ describe("council archive integration flow", () => {
         const member = result.members[0]
         expect(member.has_response).toBe(false)
         expect(member.archive_file).toBeUndefined()
-        expect(member.result).toBeUndefined()
       })
     })
   })
@@ -239,21 +234,21 @@ describe("council archive integration flow", () => {
         expect(result.members).toHaveLength(3)
 
         expect(result.members[0].has_response).toBe(true)
-        expect(result.members[0].result).toBe("First analysis")
+        expect(result.members[0].archive_file).toBeDefined()
 
         expect(result.members[1].has_response).toBe(false)
         expect(result.members[1].error).toBe("Task output file not found")
         expect(result.members[1].member).toBe("unknown")
 
         expect(result.members[2].has_response).toBe(true)
-        expect(result.members[2].result).toBe("Third analysis")
+        expect(result.members[2].archive_file).toBeDefined()
       })
     })
   })
 
   describe("#given a very large council response exceeding 8000 chars", () => {
     describe("#when finalize is called and then archive is read", () => {
-      it("#then finalize truncates to 500 char preview but full content is available via council_read", async () => {
+      it("#then finalize stores full output and council_read returns full response", async () => {
         const largeResponse = "A".repeat(9000)
         const taskId = "bg_large"
         await writeFile(
@@ -271,17 +266,13 @@ describe("council archive integration flow", () => {
 
         const member = result.members[0]
         expect(member.has_response).toBe(true)
-        expect(member.result_truncated).toBe(true)
-        expect(member.result).toHaveLength(500)
-        expect(member.result).toBe("A".repeat(500))
         expect(member.archive_file).toBeDefined()
 
         const fullContent = await readFile(join(tmpDir, member.archive_file!), "utf-8")
         expect(fullContent).toHaveLength(9000)
 
         const readTool = createCouncilRead(tmpDir)
-        const taskOutputPath = join(".sisyphus", "task-outputs", `${taskId}.md`)
-        const readResult = await readTool.execute({ file_path: taskOutputPath }, toolContext)
+        const readResult = await readTool.execute({ file_path: member.archive_file! }, toolContext)
         const parsed = JSON.parse(readResult)
 
         expect(parsed.has_response).toBe(true)
@@ -291,6 +282,76 @@ describe("council archive integration flow", () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe("#given question and prompt_file params", () => {
+    describe("#when finalize is called with question and prompt_file", () => {
+      it("#then meta.yaml includes question and prompt_file, and prompt file is moved to archive", async () => {
+        const taskId = "bg_with_meta"
+        await writeFile(
+          join(tmpDir, ".sisyphus", "task-outputs", `${taskId}.md`),
+          mockTaskOutput("Council: Opus", "Analysis result"),
+          "utf-8",
+        )
+
+        const tmpPromptDir = join(tmpDir, ".sisyphus", "tmp")
+        await mkdir(tmpPromptDir, { recursive: true })
+        const promptFile = join(".sisyphus", "tmp", "athena-council-test.md")
+        await writeFile(join(tmpDir, promptFile), "Council prompt content here", "utf-8")
+
+        const finalizeTool = createCouncilFinalize(tmpDir)
+        const resultStr = await finalizeTool.execute(
+          {
+            task_ids: [taskId],
+            name: "meta-test",
+            question: "What is the best architecture for this app?",
+            prompt_file: promptFile,
+          },
+          toolContext,
+        )
+        const result: CouncilFinalizeResult = JSON.parse(resultStr)
+
+        const metaContent = await readFile(join(tmpDir, result.meta_file), "utf-8")
+        expect(metaContent).toContain("question: |")
+        expect(metaContent).toContain("  What is the best architecture for this app?")
+        expect(metaContent).toContain("prompt_file:")
+        expect(metaContent).toContain("council-prompt.md")
+
+        const promptDest = join(tmpDir, result.archive_dir, "council-prompt.md")
+        const promptContent = await readFile(promptDest, "utf-8")
+        expect(promptContent).toBe("Council prompt content here")
+
+        const originalExists = await stat(join(tmpDir, promptFile)).then(() => true).catch(() => false)
+        expect(originalExists).toBe(false)
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe("#when finalize is called with question only (no prompt_file)", () => {
+      it("#then meta.yaml includes question but no prompt_file", async () => {
+        const taskId = "bg_question_only"
+        await writeFile(
+          join(tmpDir, ".sisyphus", "task-outputs", `${taskId}.md`),
+          mockTaskOutput("Council: GPT", "GPT analysis"),
+          "utf-8",
+        )
+
+        const finalizeTool = createCouncilFinalize(tmpDir)
+        const resultStr = await finalizeTool.execute(
+          {
+            task_ids: [taskId],
+            name: "question-only",
+            question: "How should we handle auth?",
+          },
+          toolContext,
+        )
+        const result: CouncilFinalizeResult = JSON.parse(resultStr)
+
+        const metaContent = await readFile(join(tmpDir, result.meta_file), "utf-8")
+        expect(metaContent).toContain("question: |")
+        expect(metaContent).toContain("  How should we handle auth?")
+        expect(metaContent).not.toContain("prompt_file:")
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
   describe("#given a completed council task in background_wait", () => {
     describe("#when background_wait returns for that task", () => {
       it("#then completed_tasks entry has no result payload", async () => {

src/tools/council-archive/create-council-finalize.test.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { mkdtemp, mkdir, writeFile, readFile } from "node:fs/promises"
 import { join } from "node:path"
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os"
 import { createCouncilFinalize } from "./create-council-finalize"
+import { createCouncilRead } from "./create-council-read"
 import type { CouncilFinalizeResult } from "./types"
 
 function mockTaskOutput(agent: string, responseBody: string, complete = true): string {
@@ -71,8 +72,8 @@ describe("createCouncilFinalize", () => {
         expect(member.task_id).toBe(agents[i].id)
         expect(member.has_response).toBe(true)
         expect(member.response_complete).toBe(true)
-        expect(member.result).toBe(agents[i].response)
-        expect(member.result_truncated).toBeUndefined()
+        expect(member).not.toHaveProperty("result")
+        expect(member).not.toHaveProperty("result_truncated")
         expect(member.error).toBeUndefined()
         expect(member.archive_file).toBeDefined()
       }
@@ -113,19 +114,23 @@ describe("createCouncilFinalize", () => {
       expect(result.members).toHaveLength(3)
 
       expect(result.members[0].has_response).toBe(true)
-      expect(result.members[0].result).toBe("Opus findings")
+      expect(result.members[0].archive_file).toBeDefined()
+      expect(result.members[0]).not.toHaveProperty("result")
+      expect(result.members[0]).not.toHaveProperty("result_truncated")
 
       expect(result.members[1].has_response).toBe(false)
       expect(result.members[1].error).toBe("Task output file not found")
       expect(result.members[1].member).toBe("unknown")
 
       expect(result.members[2].has_response).toBe(true)
-      expect(result.members[2].result).toBe("Gemini findings")
+      expect(result.members[2].archive_file).toBeDefined()
+      expect(result.members[2]).not.toHaveProperty("result")
+      expect(result.members[2]).not.toHaveProperty("result_truncated")
     })
   })
 
   describe("#given large response exceeding 8000 chars", () => {
-    it("#then truncates result and sets result_truncated flag", async () => {
+    it("#then keeps full content in archive and council_read returns full response", async () => {
       const largeResponse = "x".repeat(9000)
       await writeFile(
         join(tmpDir, ".sisyphus", "task-outputs", "bg_large.md"),
@@ -142,12 +147,18 @@ describe("createCouncilFinalize", () => {
 
       const member = result.members[0]
       expect(member.has_response).toBe(true)
-      expect(member.result_truncated).toBe(true)
-      expect(member.result).toHaveLength(500)
-      expect(member.result).toBe("x".repeat(500))
+      expect(member.archive_file).toBeDefined()
+      expect(member).not.toHaveProperty("result")
+      expect(member).not.toHaveProperty("result_truncated")
 
-      const fullContent = await readFile(join(tmpDir, member.archive_file!), "utf-8")
-      expect(fullContent).toHaveLength(9000)
+      const readTool = createCouncilRead(tmpDir)
+      const readResult = await readTool.execute({ file_path: member.archive_file! }, mockCtx)
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(readResult)
+
+      expect(parsed.has_response).toBe(true)
+      expect(parsed.response_complete).toBe(true)
+      expect(parsed.result).toHaveLength(9000)
+      expect(parsed.result).toBe(largeResponse)
     })
   })
 
@@ -183,9 +194,42 @@ describe("createCouncilFinalize", () => {
       const member = result.members[0]
       expect(member.has_response).toBe(true)
       expect(member.response_complete).toBe(true)
-      expect(member.result).toBe("")
-      expect(member.result_truncated).toBeUndefined()
       expect(member.archive_file).toBeDefined()
+      expect(member).not.toHaveProperty("result")
+      expect(member).not.toHaveProperty("result_truncated")
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given two members that slugify to same member slug", () => {
+    it("#then each member gets a unique archive_file keyed by task id", async () => {
+      await writeFile(
+        join(tmpDir, ".sisyphus", "task-outputs", "bg_alpha.md"),
+        mockTaskOutput("Agent A+B", "First response"),
+        "utf-8",
+      )
+      await writeFile(
+        join(tmpDir, ".sisyphus", "task-outputs", "bg_beta.md"),
+        mockTaskOutput("Agent A B", "Second response"),
+        "utf-8",
+      )
+
+      const toolDef = createCouncilFinalize(tmpDir)
+      const resultStr = await toolDef.execute(
+        { task_ids: ["bg_alpha", "bg_beta"], name: "collision" },
+        mockCtx,
+      )
+      const result: CouncilFinalizeResult = JSON.parse(resultStr)
+
+      const firstArchive = result.members[0].archive_file
+      const secondArchive = result.members[1].archive_file
+      expect(firstArchive).toBeDefined()
+      expect(secondArchive).toBeDefined()
+      expect(firstArchive).not.toBe(secondArchive)
+
+      const firstContent = await readFile(join(tmpDir, firstArchive!), "utf-8")
+      const secondContent = await readFile(join(tmpDir, secondArchive!), "utf-8")
+      expect(firstContent).toContain("First response")
+      expect(secondContent).toContain("Second response")
     })
   })
 })

src/tools/council-archive/create-council-finalize.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 import { tool, type ToolDefinition } from "@opencode-ai/plugin"
-import { readFile, writeFile, mkdir } from "node:fs/promises"
-import { join } from "node:path"
+import { readFile, writeFile, mkdir, rename } from "node:fs/promises"
+import { join, isAbsolute, resolve } from "node:path"
 import { randomBytes } from "node:crypto"
 import { extractCouncilResponse } from "./council-response-extractor"
+import { log } from "../../shared/logger"
 import type { CouncilFinalizeArgs, CouncilMemberResult, CouncilFinalizeResult } from "./types"
 
-const RESULT_SIZE_LIMIT = 8000
-const PREVIEW_SIZE = 500
-
 interface MetaMember {
   task_id: string
   member: string
@@ -25,6 +23,10 @@ function slugify(text: string): string {
     .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, "")
 }
 
+function toPosixPath(pathValue: string): string {
+  return pathValue.replace(/\\/g, "/")
+}
+
 function extractAgentFromFrontmatter(content: string): string | null {
   const fmMatch = content.match(/^---\n([\s\S]*?)\n---/)
   if (!fmMatch) return null
@@ -32,13 +34,25 @@ function extractAgentFromFrontmatter(content: string): string | null {
   return agentLine ? agentLine[1].trim() : null
 }
 
-function formatMetaYaml(archiveName: string, createdAt: string, members: MetaMember[]): string {
+function formatMetaYaml(archiveName: string, createdAt: string, members: MetaMember[], question?: string, promptFile?: string): string {
   const lines: string[] = [
     `archive_name: ${archiveName}`,
     `created_at: ${createdAt}`,
-    "members:",
   ]
 
+  if (question) {
+    lines.push(`question: |`)
+    for (const qLine of question.split("\n")) {
+      lines.push(`  ${qLine}`)
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (promptFile) {
+    lines.push(`prompt_file: ${promptFile}`)
+  }
+
+  lines.push("members:")
+
   for (const m of members) {
     lines.push(`  - task_id: ${m.task_id}`)
     lines.push(`    member: "${m.member}"`)
@@ -61,12 +75,15 @@ export function createCouncilFinalize(basePath?: string): ToolDefinition {
         .array(tool.schema.string())
         .describe("Array of background task IDs whose output files should be processed"),
       name: tool.schema.string().describe("Council name used in the archive directory name"),
+      question: tool.schema.string().optional().describe("Original user question that triggered the council"),
+      prompt_file: tool.schema.string().optional().describe("Path to the council prompt temp file (will be moved into the archive)"),
     },
     async execute(args: CouncilFinalizeArgs) {
       const base = basePath ?? process.cwd()
       const hexId = randomBytes(2).toString("hex")
       const archiveName = `council-${args.name}-${hexId}`
       const relArchiveDir = join(".sisyphus", "athena", archiveName)
+      const relArchiveDirForOutput = toPosixPath(relArchiveDir)
       const absArchiveDir = join(base, relArchiveDir)
 
       await mkdir(absArchiveDir, { recursive: true })
@@ -76,6 +93,7 @@ export function createCouncilFinalize(basePath?: string): ToolDefinition {
 
       for (const taskId of args.task_ids) {
         const relTaskOutput = join(".sisyphus", "task-outputs", `${taskId}.md`)
+        const relTaskOutputForOutput = toPosixPath(relTaskOutput)
         const absTaskOutput = join(base, relTaskOutput)
 
         let fileContent: string
@@ -92,7 +110,7 @@ export function createCouncilFinalize(basePath?: string): ToolDefinition {
             task_id: taskId,
             member: "unknown",
             member_slug: "unknown",
-            task_output_path: relTaskOutput,
+            task_output_path: relTaskOutputForOutput,
             archive_file: "",
             has_response: false,
             response_complete: false,
@@ -101,10 +119,12 @@ export function createCouncilFinalize(basePath?: string): ToolDefinition {
         }
 
         const agentName = extractAgentFromFrontmatter(fileContent) ?? "unknown"
-        const memberSlug = slugify(agentName)
+        const memberSlug = slugify(agentName) || "unknown"
+        const taskSlug = slugify(taskId) || taskId.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]+/g, "-")
         const extraction = extractCouncilResponse(fileContent)
 
-        const relArchiveFile = join(relArchiveDir, `${memberSlug}.md`)
+        const relArchiveFile = join(relArchiveDir, `${memberSlug}-${taskSlug}.md`)
+        const relArchiveFileForOutput = toPosixPath(relArchiveFile)
         const absArchiveFile = join(base, relArchiveFile)
 
         const memberResult: CouncilMemberResult = {
@@ -119,14 +139,7 @@ export function createCouncilFinalize(basePath?: string): ToolDefinition {
 
         if (extraction.result !== null) {
           await writeFile(absArchiveFile, extraction.result, "utf-8")
-          memberResult.archive_file = relArchiveFile
-
-          if (extraction.result.length > RESULT_SIZE_LIMIT) {
-            memberResult.result = extraction.result.slice(0, PREVIEW_SIZE)
-            memberResult.result_truncated = true
-          } else {
-            memberResult.result = extraction.result
-          }
+          memberResult.archive_file = relArchiveFileForOutput
         }
 
         members.push(memberResult)
@@ -134,21 +147,38 @@ export function createCouncilFinalize(basePath?: string): ToolDefinition {
           task_id: taskId,
           member: agentName,
           member_slug: memberSlug,
-          task_output_path: relTaskOutput,
-          archive_file: extraction.result !== null ? relArchiveFile : "",
+          task_output_path: relTaskOutputForOutput,
+          archive_file: extraction.result !== null ? relArchiveFileForOutput : "",
           has_response: extraction.has_response,
           response_complete: extraction.response_complete,
         })
       }
 
+      let relPromptFile: string | undefined
+      if (args.prompt_file) {
+        try {
+          const promptFilename = "council-prompt.md"
+          const absPromptSrc = isAbsolute(args.prompt_file) ? args.prompt_file : resolve(base, args.prompt_file)
+          const absPromptDest = join(absArchiveDir, promptFilename)
+          await rename(absPromptSrc, absPromptDest).catch(async () => {
+            const content = await readFile(absPromptSrc, "utf-8")
+            await writeFile(absPromptDest, content, "utf-8")
+          })
+          relPromptFile = toPosixPath(join(relArchiveDir, promptFilename))
+        } catch (err) {
+          log("[council-finalize] Failed to move prompt file", { promptFile: args.prompt_file, error: String(err) })
+        }
+      }
+
       const relMetaFile = join(relArchiveDir, "meta.yaml")
+      const relMetaFileForOutput = toPosixPath(relMetaFile)
       const absMetaFile = join(base, relMetaFile)
       const createdAt = new Date().toISOString()
-      await writeFile(absMetaFile, formatMetaYaml(archiveName, createdAt, metaMembers), "utf-8")
+      await writeFile(absMetaFile, formatMetaYaml(archiveName, createdAt, metaMembers, args.question, relPromptFile), "utf-8")
 
       const result: CouncilFinalizeResult = {
-        archive_dir: relArchiveDir,
-        meta_file: relMetaFile,
+        archive_dir: relArchiveDirForOutput,
+        meta_file: relMetaFileForOutput,
         members,
       }
 

src/tools/council-archive/create-council-read.test.ts

@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ const toolContext = {
 }
 
 describe("createCouncilRead", () => {
-  describe("#given an archive file with complete COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE tags", () => {
-    it("#then returns has_response true, response_complete true, and the content", async () => {
+  describe("#given an archive file with clean extracted content", () => {
+    it("#then returns has_response true, response_complete true, and raw file content", async () => {
       const archivePath = join(sisyphusDir, "member-1.txt")
-      await writeFile(archivePath, "Some preamble\n<COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>Full analysis here</COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>")
+      await writeFile(archivePath, "Full analysis here")
 
       const tool = createCouncilRead(tempDir)
       const relativePath = `.sisyphus/member-1.txt`
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ describe("createCouncilRead", () => {
     })
   })
 
-  describe("#given an archive file with incomplete COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE tags", () => {
-    it("#then returns has_response true, response_complete false", async () => {
+  describe("#given an archive file containing tag-like text", () => {
+    it("#then returns raw content without re-parsing tags", async () => {
       const archivePath = join(sisyphusDir, "member-2.txt")
-      await writeFile(archivePath, "<COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>Partial analysis still writing...")
+      await writeFile(archivePath, "<COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>do not parse this</COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>")
 
       const tool = createCouncilRead(tempDir)
       const relativePath = `.sisyphus/member-2.txt`
@@ -56,14 +56,15 @@ describe("createCouncilRead", () => {
       const parsed = JSON.parse(result)
 
       expect(parsed.has_response).toBe(true)
-      expect(parsed.response_complete).toBe(false)
+      expect(parsed.response_complete).toBe(true)
+      expect(parsed.result).toBe("<COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>do not parse this</COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>")
     })
   })
 
-  describe("#given an archive file with no COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE tags", () => {
-    it("#then returns has_response false", async () => {
+  describe("#given an archive file with empty content", () => {
+    it("#then returns empty result content", async () => {
       const archivePath = join(sisyphusDir, "member-3.txt")
-      await writeFile(archivePath, "Just some plain text without any tags.")
+      await writeFile(archivePath, "")
 
       const tool = createCouncilRead(tempDir)
       const relativePath = `.sisyphus/member-3.txt`
@@ -71,7 +72,9 @@ describe("createCouncilRead", () => {
       const result = await tool.execute({ file_path: relativePath }, toolContext)
       const parsed = JSON.parse(result)
 
-      expect(parsed.has_response).toBe(false)
+      expect(parsed.has_response).toBe(true)
+      expect(parsed.response_complete).toBe(true)
+      expect(parsed.result).toBe("")
     })
   })
 
@@ -108,4 +111,19 @@ describe("createCouncilRead", () => {
       expect(parsed.error).toBe("Access denied: path must be within .sisyphus/")
     })
   })
+
+  describe("#given a Windows-style path under .sisyphus", () => {
+    it("#then normalizes separators and reads the file successfully", async () => {
+      const archivePath = join(sisyphusDir, "windows-path.txt")
+      await writeFile(archivePath, "Windows path response")
+
+      const tool = createCouncilRead(tempDir)
+      const result = await tool.execute({ file_path: ".sisyphus\\windows-path.txt" }, toolContext)
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(result)
+
+      expect(parsed.has_response).toBe(true)
+      expect(parsed.response_complete).toBe(true)
+      expect(parsed.result).toBe("Windows path response")
+    })
+  })
 })

src/tools/council-archive/create-council-read.ts

@@ -1,28 +1,41 @@
 import { tool, type ToolDefinition } from "@opencode-ai/plugin"
 import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises"
-import { join } from "node:path"
-import { extractCouncilResponse } from "./council-response-extractor"
+import { resolve, sep } from "node:path"
+
+function normalizeInputPath(pathValue: string): string {
+  return pathValue.replace(/\\/g, "/")
+}
+
+function isPathWithinDirectory(pathToCheck: string, directory: string): boolean {
+  const normalizedDir = directory.endsWith(sep) ? directory : `${directory}${sep}`
+  return pathToCheck === directory || pathToCheck.startsWith(normalizedDir)
+}
 
 export function createCouncilRead(basePath?: string): ToolDefinition {
   return tool({
     description:
-      "Read a council archive file and extract the council member response. Use this to access full results for truncated members or for follow-up/cross-check analysis.",
+      "Read a council archive file and return its raw member response content.",
     args: {
       file_path: tool.schema.string().describe("Path to the archive file (must be within .sisyphus/)"),
     },
     async execute(args: { file_path: string }) {
-      if (!args.file_path.startsWith(".sisyphus/")) {
+      const normalizedInputPath = normalizeInputPath(args.file_path)
+      if (!normalizedInputPath.startsWith(".sisyphus/")) {
         return JSON.stringify({ error: "Access denied: path must be within .sisyphus/" }, null, 2)
       }
 
       try {
         const base = basePath ?? process.cwd()
-        const absPath = join(base, args.file_path)
+        const absPath = resolve(base, normalizedInputPath)
+        const absSisyphusRoot = resolve(base, ".sisyphus")
+        if (!isPathWithinDirectory(absPath, absSisyphusRoot)) {
+          return JSON.stringify({ error: "Access denied: path must be within .sisyphus/" }, null, 2)
+        }
+
         const content = await readFile(absPath, "utf-8")
-        const extraction = extractCouncilResponse(content)
-        return JSON.stringify(extraction, null, 2)
+        return JSON.stringify({ has_response: true, response_complete: true, result: content }, null, 2)
       } catch {
-        return JSON.stringify({ has_response: false, error: `File not found: ${args.file_path}` }, null, 2)
+        return JSON.stringify({ has_response: false, error: `File not found: ${normalizedInputPath}` }, null, 2)
       }
     },
   })

src/tools/council-archive/types.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 export interface CouncilFinalizeArgs {
   task_ids: string[]
   name: string
+  question?: string
+  prompt_file?: string
 }
 
 export interface CouncilMemberResult {
@@ -8,8 +10,6 @@ export interface CouncilMemberResult {
   member: string
   has_response: boolean
   response_complete?: boolean
-  result?: string
-  result_truncated?: boolean
   archive_file?: string
   error?: string
 }