Goodfellas Tech

The Council

Install instructions and troubleshooting. If something isn’t working, the answer is almost certainly on this page — and if it isn’t, email us and we’ll sort it out.

Install (about two minutes)

You need Claude with MCP support — Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or Cowork — and the license key from your welcome email.

1. Connect the Council server

In Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http council \
  https://council.goodfellastech.com/api/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-LICENSE-KEY"

In Claude Desktop: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, with the URL https://council.goodfellastech.com/api/mcp and the header Authorization: Bearer YOUR-LICENSE-KEY.

Replace YOUR-LICENSE-KEY with the key from your welcome email. It starts with COUNCIL-. Save, then fully restart Claude.

2. Add the Council skill

Install the council skill included with your purchase. It holds no content of its own — the panels, personas, and procedure load from the server once your key is connected.

3. Use it

/council <your idea> — the full council, ending in one decisive verdict and the conditions attached to it.
/council facts <your idea> — the neutral analyst briefing only, no verdict.
/council financial <your idea> — a scoped audit. There are twenty presets, including security, gtm, pricing, legal, architecture, product, and moat. Ask the Council to list them.

Troubleshooting

The /council command or Council tools don't show up

This almost always means the server wasn't fully added. Re-run Step 1 and paste your license key exactly — it starts with COUNCIL- and contains no spaces.

Then fully quit and reopen Claude. Reloading the window is not always enough; connectors are read at startup.

"Unauthorized" or "invalid token" — or it worked and then stopped

Copy the key from your welcome email again. A trailing space or a missing character is the most common cause.

If the key is right, the subscription may have lapsed. Cancelling keeps your access until the end of the billing period, then the key stops working. Re-subscribing mints a fresh key automatically.

I lost my key / never got the email

Check spam and promotions for the welcome email — the key is in the body.

If it isn't there, email us from the address you used at checkout and we'll resend it.

The Council answered without using the tools

The skill is a thin client; it needs the server for every run. If the tools aren't connected it should stop and say so rather than improvise.

Confirm the connector is listed and enabled in your Claude settings, then start a fresh conversation.

Still stuck

Email us with the exact message Claude showed you and the email address on your account. That’s usually enough to resolve it in one reply.

Email support

The Council is licensed software for a single named user. Your key is personal to you; redistribution or resale is not permitted, and keys can be revoked. Questions: info@goodfellastech.com.