Part IV · Organs · Plate 01
Cortex
Prefrontal executive / orchestration
TypeScript · Web :3333 · cortexd :4319ivannovak/cortex ↗ (repository access may be required)Not wrapped by cnsS0–S11 verified
Who is acting, which seat holds the work. The executive provisions durable agent seats and connects human supervisors to their sessions.
Reviewed 2026-11-04 · CNS S0–S11 programme record; not a live health check. Programme labels and terminology.
Fig. 4.1.1 What Cortex owns
Identity
Principal registry, device pairing and perimeter governance.
Supervision
Session switchboard, seat management and human escalation.
Periphery
Web, Slack and voice surfaces; planned macOS and iOS native apps are specified designs, not shipped clients.
Table 4.1.1 Channels
| Direction | Channel | Peer | Carried by | Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| writes / reads | Specified bootstrap + cursor-resumable delta protocol | Planned native clients | HTTP / WebSocket | Read contract ↗ |
| reads | Memory and OTE | Engram | MCP / engram-block | Read contract ↗ |
| writes | Reasoning requests | Thalamus | HTTP / SSE | Read contract ↗ |
Listing 4.1.1 Commands
cortex --helpNote 4.1.1 Running alone
The switchboard is not installed by cns. Configure its seats and routes in the Cortex repository. A route without a provider is unrouted, not silently redirected.