Part IV · Organs · Plate 02
Thalamus
Sensory relay / model router
Rust · HTTP / SSE · :18000ivannovak/thalamus ↗ (repository access may be required)Wrapped by cnsS0–S11 verified
Where inference requests land. A single relay separates reasoning, verification and retrieval, with session affinity and contention-aware work stealing.
Reviewed 2026-11-04 · CNS S0–S11 programme record; not a live health check. Programme labels and terminology.
Fig. 4.2.1 What Thalamus owns
Intelligence
System 2 reasoning over an OpenAI-compatible chat interface.
Verification
Stateless System 1 rubric decisions; explicitly opted into by cns gate.
Knowledge
Embedding and reranking endpoints shared by Axon and Engram.
Table 4.2.1 Channels
| Direction | Channel | Peer | Carried by | Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reads | Chat, rubric and retrieval requests | Cortex / Soma / Axon / Engram | HTTP / SSE | Read contract ↗ |
| writes | Durable request telemetry | thalamus replay / cns status | telemetry.db | Read contract ↗ |
Listing 4.2.1 Commands
thalamus --help
thalamus replay --since <timestamp> --jsonNote 4.2.1 Running alone
Set THALAMUS_URL explicitly in consumers. Without it local providers stay local, remote providers report missing configuration, and the opted-in rubric cannot be evaluated.