Cortex Lite
Status
Section titled “Status”First-party addon shipped with arka-deck. Local sidecar runtime, explicitly managed by arka-deck. Current registry is static / first-party; no active third-party marketplace.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Manifest | addons/cortex-lite/manifest.json |
| Runtime | Local Docker Compose sidecar |
| Maturity | stable (production mode) |
Cortex Lite provides a local project Cortex to materialize ArkaDoc documents, memory, project context and agent MCP tools — without depending on a remote Cortex during local execution.
Surfaces
Section titled “Surfaces”| Surface | Detail |
|---|---|
| Declared HTTP APIs | health, projects, artifacts, memory, atoms |
| MCP tools | cortex_project_context, cortex_memory_read, cortex_memory_write, cortex_artifact_create, cortex_atom_search |
| Sidecar | Dedicated Docker Compose orchestration for Cortex Lite |
| arka-deck proxy | /api/cortex-lite/* routes on the Fastify server |
Runtime security
Section titled “Runtime security”Runtime endpoints accept loopback by default and HTTPS hosts *.arkalabs.app. Any arbitrary external host remains refused unless an explicit unsafe development flag is set (see ADR 0006).
Boundaries
Section titled “Boundaries”Cortex Lite remains a dedicated local runtime. It does not replace a server-side dedicated Cortex — it is a local materialization intended for agent execution on a workstation.
Going further
Section titled “Going further”- Runtime URL policy: ADR 0006
- Addon contract: ../extension/contrat-addon (coming)