Cortex v3.5.1 — Teach the body

Teach the durable body

ARIA memory packets + cortex teach --seed distill interconnect intelligence into Discovery Cards.

�ash python -m cortex teach --seed --path . --repo Cortex --json python -m cortex activate --repo Cortex --task "interconnect co-process" --json

Packets: examples/memory-packets/
Doctrine: docs/intelligence/INTERCONNECT.md

No ARIA execution. No host source mutation. Recommend-only.

Cortex v3.5.0 — Living Organism

Living organism (forward only)

The co-process now lives for the whole session:

Phase	When
systole	activate / organism
diastole	each remember (pulse continues)
breathe ∽	mid-session rebind, no full re-index
sealed	consolidate seals the cycle

cortex organism --repo X --task "..." --json
cortex remember --repo X --kind discovery --text "..." --json
cortex breathe --repo X --json
cortex ritual --repo X --task "..." --remember-text "..." --json

Still not consciousness. Still one substrate. Still no mutation authority.

Cortex v3.4.0 — Organism Interlink

Organism interlink (⊛)

Not a second mind. A session co-process.

• Agent = temporary working cortex
• Cortex = durable body (index, graph, ledger)
• Host = authority always

Every activate emits organism with nervous / immune / metabolism / memory / intention / conscience / reflexes and a pulse chain.

�ash python -m cortex organism --repo X --task "..." --json

MCP: cortex_organism

See docs/ORGANISM.md. Capability-free. No auto-ARIA. No mutation grant.

Cortex v3.3.0 — Rapid Progress

P0–P6 (with ARIA progress glyphs)

Glyph	Surface
⟡	cortex transcend-check
▣	`--profile agent
⚠	control_error on every packet
⌖	cortex evaluate --mode retrieval
⟳	idempotent ritual / remember
Δ	efficiency.surprise
☰	cortex teach

Capability-free labels only — no auto-ARIA execution, no mutation authority, no new organs.

Self-host only unless you name a path.

Cortex v3.2.3 — Transcend

Transcend (operational)

A capable agent can run Cortex from the packet alone, close with ritual, and keep the mirror bright.

What changed

• agent_protocol + instructions on every major door (CLI, context/1.1, nexus, MCP)
• Forced red modes: read_only / constrained hard stops
• MCP: cortex_activate, cortex_ritual
• Wrappers: ritual command
• Teaching: docs/TRANSCEND.md

Still refuse

• New organs / second DBs / auto-ARIA / glow-chasing / unsolicited foreign scans

Self-host only unless you name a path.

Cortex v3.2.2 — Bright Point

Bright Point

Frozen alignment of what is already true inside this repository.

Latched

• Covenant geometry (authority, evidence, activation, language, economics)
• Deferred ARIA economics + probe quarantine
• Contact resonance (synthetic matrix only in CI)
• Session ritual: activate → remember → consolidate via cortex ritual
• Packet agent_protocol + numbered instructions (no lore required)

Self-host verification

• pytest green
• cortex mirror / cortex contact bright on the Cortex tree
• No scanning of operator Desktop or other repos

Refuse

• New neural regions without covenant justification
• Second memory databases
• Auto-executing ARIA
• Glow-chasing without quality gates
• Unsolicited multi-repo contact

See docs/BRIGHT_POINT.md and docs/COVENANT.md.