# Case: `council-report-rejects-before-tally-through-bundled-cli`

## Test Type

This is a `forward-test` and an invalid-state council workflow validation.

The goal is to verify that a leader using the packaged `council-review` skill sees the expected stable error when report is attempted before grouped recommendations have been persisted.

## Purpose

Validate that all of the following can be true at the same time:

- the leader can start a council run through the bundled council-review skill
- the leader can attempt report without tally
- the command returns the stable invalid-state contract rather than fabricating an empty report

## Preconditions

- council-review skill path exists: `COUNCIL_SKILL_PATH=skills/council-review`
- bundled CLI executable exists at `COUNCIL_SKILL_PATH/assets/orch`
- inbox skill path exists: `INBOX_SKILL_PATH=skills/inbox`
- use an empty temporary directory `TMPDIR`
- initialize `TMPDIR/coord.db` before launching role agents through `INBOX_SKILL_PATH/assets/inbox --db TMPDIR/coord.db --json init`

## Agent Topology

- `leader`

## Inputs

### Leader Prompt

```text
Use $council-review at COUNCIL_SKILL_PATH to act as leader on the already initialized SQLite DB TMPDIR/coord.db. Only coordinate through the bundled orch CLI from the skill. Workflow: 1) start council run council_skill_004 with a short review target, 2) attempt council report immediately without running tally, 3) stop after reporting RUN_ID, exit code, and error payload. Do not use ordinary chat to simulate reviewer output.
```

## Execution Parameters

- use the shared execution contract from [README.md](./README.md)
- use the shared timeout defaults from [README.md](./README.md)
- do not override the default cleanup policy

## Execution Steps

1. Initialize `TMPDIR/coord.db` once through the bundled inbox CLI before launching agents
2. Inject `skills/council-review/` into `leader`
3. Point the leader at the database path `TMPDIR/coord.db`
4. Launch the leader
5. Wait for the leader to finish
6. Independently run the validation commands from the main thread

## Validation Commands

```bash
COUNCIL_SKILL_PATH/assets/orch --db TMPDIR/coord.db --json council report --run council_skill_004
```

## Expected Outcomes

- the leader successfully starts `council_skill_004`
- the report command exits with the stable invalid-state contract
- the error message indicates that council tally must run first

## Assertions

- command exit code is `30`
- error code is `invalid_state`
- the error message mentions that grouped recommendations are not available yet or that `council tally` must run first

## Cleanup

- use the default cleanup policy from [README.md](./README.md)
- if the run fails, retain `TMPDIR` and `coord.db` for replay and manual inspection