diff --git a/src/tools/athena-council/constants.ts b/src/tools/athena-council/constants.ts
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+export const ATHENA_COUNCIL_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = `Execute Athena's multi-model council. Sends the question to all configured council members in parallel and returns their collected responses.
+
+This tool reads council member configuration from the plugin config (agents.athena.council.members). Each member runs as an independent background agent with their configured model, variant, and temperature.
+
+Returns council member responses with status, response text, and timing. Use this output for synthesis.
+
+IMPORTANT: This tool is designed for Athena agent use only. It requires council configuration to be present.`
diff --git a/src/tools/athena-council/council-launcher.ts b/src/tools/athena-council/council-launcher.ts
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+import type { CouncilLauncher, CouncilLaunchInput } from "../../agents/athena/council-orchestrator"
+import type { BackgroundManager } from "../../features/background-agent"
+
+export function createCouncilLauncher(manager: BackgroundManager): CouncilLauncher {
+  return {
+    launch(input: CouncilLaunchInput) {
+      return manager.launch({
+        description: input.description,
+        prompt: input.prompt,
+        agent: input.agent,
+        parentSessionID: input.parentSessionID,
+        parentMessageID: input.parentMessageID,
+        parentAgent: input.parentAgent,
+        model: input.model,
+      })
+    },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/athena-council/index.ts b/src/tools/athena-council/index.ts
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+export { createAthenaCouncilTool } from "./tools"
diff --git a/src/tools/athena-council/tools.test.ts b/src/tools/athena-council/tools.test.ts
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+/// <reference types="bun-types" />
+
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import type { BackgroundManager } from "../../features/background-agent"
+import { ATHENA_COUNCIL_TOOL_DESCRIPTION } from "./constants"
+import { createAthenaCouncilTool } from "./tools"
+
+const mockManager = {
+  getTask: () => undefined,
+  launch: async () => {
+    throw new Error("launch should not be called in config validation tests")
+  },
+} as unknown as BackgroundManager
+
+const mockToolContext = {
+  sessionID: "session-1",
+  messageID: "message-1",
+  agent: "athena",
+  abort: new AbortController().signal,
+}
+
+describe("createAthenaCouncilTool", () => {
+  test("returns error when councilConfig is undefined", async () => {
+    // #given
+    const athenaCouncilTool = createAthenaCouncilTool({
+      backgroundManager: mockManager,
+      councilConfig: undefined,
+    })
+
+    // #when
+    const result = await athenaCouncilTool.execute({ question: "How should we proceed?" }, mockToolContext)
+
+    // #then
+    expect(result).toBe("Athena council not configured. Add agents.athena.council.members to your config.")
+  })
+
+  test("returns error when councilConfig has empty members", async () => {
+    // #given
+    const athenaCouncilTool = createAthenaCouncilTool({
+      backgroundManager: mockManager,
+      councilConfig: { members: [] },
+    })
+
+    // #when
+    const result = await athenaCouncilTool.execute({ question: "Any concerns?" }, mockToolContext)
+
+    // #then
+    expect(result).toBe("Athena council not configured. Add agents.athena.council.members to your config.")
+  })
+
+  test("uses expected description and question arg schema", () => {
+    // #given
+    const athenaCouncilTool = createAthenaCouncilTool({
+      backgroundManager: mockManager,
+      councilConfig: { members: [{ model: "openai/gpt-5.3-codex" }] },
+    })
+
+    // #then
+    expect(athenaCouncilTool.description).toBe(ATHENA_COUNCIL_TOOL_DESCRIPTION)
+    expect((athenaCouncilTool as { args: Record<string, unknown> }).args.question).toBeDefined()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/tools/athena-council/tools.ts b/src/tools/athena-council/tools.ts
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+import { tool, type ToolDefinition } from "@opencode-ai/plugin"
+import { executeCouncil } from "../../agents/athena/council-orchestrator"
+import type { CouncilConfig, CouncilMemberResponse } from "../../agents/athena/types"
+import type { BackgroundManager, BackgroundTask, BackgroundTaskStatus } from "../../features/background-agent"
+import { ATHENA_COUNCIL_TOOL_DESCRIPTION } from "./constants"
+import { createCouncilLauncher } from "./council-launcher"
+import type { AthenaCouncilToolArgs } from "./types"
+
+const WAIT_INTERVAL_MS = 200
+const WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS = 120000
+const TERMINAL_STATUSES: Set<BackgroundTaskStatus> = new Set(["completed", "error", "cancelled", "interrupt"])
+
+function isCouncilConfigured(councilConfig: CouncilConfig | undefined): councilConfig is CouncilConfig {
+  return Boolean(councilConfig && councilConfig.members.length > 0)
+}
+
+async function waitForTasksToSettle(
+  taskIds: string[],
+  manager: BackgroundManager,
+  abortSignal: AbortSignal
+): Promise<Map<string, BackgroundTask>> {
+  const settledIds = new Set<string>()
+  const latestTasks = new Map<string, BackgroundTask>()
+  const startedAt = Date.now()
+
+  while (settledIds.size < taskIds.length && Date.now() - startedAt < WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS) {
+    if (abortSignal.aborted) {
+      break
+    }
+
+    for (const taskId of taskIds) {
+      if (settledIds.has(taskId)) {
+        continue
+      }
+
+      const task = manager.getTask(taskId)
+      if (!task) {
+        continue
+      }
+
+      latestTasks.set(taskId, task)
+      if (TERMINAL_STATUSES.has(task.status)) {
+        settledIds.add(taskId)
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (settledIds.size < taskIds.length) {
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, WAIT_INTERVAL_MS))
+    }
+  }
+
+  return latestTasks
+}
+
+function mapTaskStatus(status: BackgroundTaskStatus): CouncilMemberResponse["status"] {
+  if (status === "completed") {
+    return "completed"
+  }
+
+  if (status === "cancelled" || status === "interrupt") {
+    return "timeout"
+  }
+
+  return "error"
+}
+
+function refreshResponse(response: CouncilMemberResponse, task: BackgroundTask | undefined): CouncilMemberResponse {
+  if (!task) {
+    return response
+  }
+
+  const status = mapTaskStatus(task.status)
+  const durationMs =
+    task.startedAt && task.completedAt
+      ? Math.max(0, task.completedAt.getTime() - task.startedAt.getTime())
+      : response.durationMs
+
+  return {
+    ...response,
+    status,
+    response: status === "completed" ? task.result : undefined,
+    error: status === "completed" ? undefined : (task.error ?? `Task status: ${task.status}`),
+    durationMs,
+  }
+}
+
+function formatCouncilOutput(responses: CouncilMemberResponse[], totalMembers: number): string {
+  const completedCount = responses.filter((item) => item.status === "completed").length
+  const lines = responses.map((item, index) => {
+    const model = item.member.name ?? item.member.model
+    const content = item.status === "completed"
+      ? (item.response ?? "(no response)")
+      : (item.error ?? "Unknown error")
+
+    return `${index + 1}. ${model}\n   Status: ${item.status}\n   Result: ${content}`
+  })
+
+  return `${completedCount}/${totalMembers} council members completed.\n\n${lines.join("\n\n")}`
+}
+
+export function createAthenaCouncilTool(args: {
+  backgroundManager: BackgroundManager
+  councilConfig: CouncilConfig | undefined
+}): ToolDefinition {
+  const { backgroundManager, councilConfig } = args
+
+  return tool({
+    description: ATHENA_COUNCIL_TOOL_DESCRIPTION,
+    args: {
+      question: tool.schema.string().describe("The question to send to all council members"),
+    },
+    async execute(toolArgs: AthenaCouncilToolArgs, toolContext) {
+      if (!isCouncilConfigured(councilConfig)) {
+        return "Athena council not configured. Add agents.athena.council.members to your config."
+      }
+
+      const execution = await executeCouncil({
+        question: toolArgs.question,
+        council: councilConfig,
+        launcher: createCouncilLauncher(backgroundManager),
+        parentSessionID: toolContext.sessionID,
+        parentMessageID: toolContext.messageID,
+        parentAgent: toolContext.agent,
+      })
+
+      const taskIds = execution.responses
+        .map((response) => response.taskId)
+        .filter((taskId) => taskId.length > 0)
+
+      const latestTasks = await waitForTasksToSettle(taskIds, backgroundManager, toolContext.abort)
+      const refreshedResponses = execution.responses.map((response) =>
+        response.taskId ? refreshResponse(response, latestTasks.get(response.taskId)) : response
+      )
+
+      return formatCouncilOutput(refreshedResponses, execution.totalMembers)
+    },
+  })
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/athena-council/types.ts b/src/tools/athena-council/types.ts
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+export interface AthenaCouncilToolArgs {
+  question: string
+}