AD-594a: Consultation Workspace ΓÇö Session-Scoped Shared Workspace in Ship's Records`n---`n## AD-594a: Consultation Workspace

Part of **AD-594: Crew Consultation Protocol** ΓÇö multi-agent advisory planning & parallel execution.

### Summary

Session-scoped shared workspace in Ship's Records (Git-backed) for multi-agent consultation. Provides structured directory for inputs, advisory contributions, plan iterations, working artifacts, outputs, and work items.

### Scope

- Workspace directory structure: `inputs/`, `advisory/`, `plan/`, `artifacts/`, `outputs/`, `workitems/`, `manifest.yaml`, `journal.md`, `delivery.yaml`
- Workspace lifecycle: INITIATED ΓåÆ CONSULTING ΓåÆ PLAN_REVIEW ΓåÆ APPROVED ΓåÆ EXECUTING ΓåÆ COMPLETED ΓåÆ ARCHIVED
- `ConsultationWorkspace` API abstracting file operations
- Input staging + processing via Transporter Pattern (Northstar II) for PDFΓåÆtext, imageΓåÆdescription
- Standardized artifact types (Advisory Report, Plan Document, Work Item Spec, Supporting Data, Decision Record)
- Consultation templates for common types (Security Review, Technical Design, Incident Response)
- Artifact reference syntax in Ward Room messages (`[workspace:path]`)

### Dependencies

- AD-434 (Ship's Records)
- Northstar II (Transporter Pattern) for input processing

### Related

- AD-594b (Crew Consultation Primitive)
- AD-594c (Parallel Execution Dispatch)
- AD-594d (Delivery Pipeline)

### Research

Military Staff Planning Process (MDMP), Delphi Method (RAND), CrewAI, Microsoft AutoGen, Magentic-One, MetaGPT.
