/paseo-advisor

name: paseo-advisor
description: Spin up a single agent as an advisor — second opinion on the current task. Use when the user says "advisor", "second opinion", "what does X think", or wants an outside take without delegating the work itself.
user-invocable: true
argument-hint: "[--provider <name>] <question or topic>"

Paseo Advisor

Single agent. Reads the situation you're in. Gives a judgment. You decide what to do — the advisor doesn't drive the work.

**User's request:** $ARGUMENTS

Prerequisites

Read the **paseo** skill. Before choosing a provider, read `~/.paseo/orchestration-preferences.json` unless the user explicitly named a provider in this request. Do not create the advisor until you have read it.

Picking the advisor

1. **User named one** (`--provider claude/opus`) → use it. 2. **Otherwise** resolve from preferences — pick the category that matches the question:

• Design / approach question → `planning`
• "Did I miss something" review → `audit`
• "Is this even right" → `research`

3. **Contrast helps.** If your own provider matches what preferences would pick, swap to a different family on purpose — fresh perspective is the point.

The briefing

The advisor has zero context. Make it self-contained:

• The question, sharply.
• What you've considered and what you've ruled out.
• Relevant files by path (don't paste — let the agent read).
• Explicit ask: "give me a recommendation, with reasoning."

End with the no-edits suffix:

This is analysis only. Do NOT edit, create, or delete any files. Do NOT write code.

Forwarded skills

If `$ARGUMENTS` contains another skill reference — `/unslop`, `/unslop-risk`, `$unslop`, etc. — the user is asking the advisor to run that skill against the current task. Examples:

• `/paseo-advisor /unslop` → advisor runs `/unslop` on the current diff.
• `/paseo-advisor /unslop-risk` → advisor does an unslop-risk review.
• `/paseo-advisor $diagnose this build failure` → advisor invokes `/diagnose`.

Parse the forwarded skill name out of `$ARGUMENTS` (`/<name>` or `$<name>`). In the briefing, tell the advisor explicitly:

Invoke the `<name>` skill against this task. Load it via the Skill tool before doing anything else.

Pass through any remaining arguments after the skill name as the skill's own input. The advisor — not you — runs the skill; you're still just the orchestrator handing it the work.

Launch and synthesize

Create the advisor agent via Paseo with a `[Advisor] <topic>` title and the briefing as the initial prompt. Wait for it to finish. Read its response. Synthesize for the user — the advisor's verdict + your recommendation.

Persistent advisor

If the user wants ongoing input ("keep this advisor for the next few decisions"), don't archive after the first reply. Send follow-ups when you need another take. Archive when the user says they're done, or when the topic shifts and a fresh context would serve better.