Product Documentation — Cortex
Audience: product manager, end user, decision-maker, anyone who wants to understand and use Cortex without diving into code.
Recommended guided path
Section titled “Recommended guided path”- Understand the value — 01-why-cortex
- Install and launch — 02-getting-started
- Master the vocabulary — 03-concepts
- Follow a use case relevant to you — 04-use-cases
- Configure AI providers — 05-providers
- Understand the two API surfaces — 06-rest-and-mcp
- Verify the security and data posture — 07-security-and-data
- Deploy to production — 08-deployment
Full table of contents
Section titled “Full table of contents”Understand
Section titled “Understand”- 01-why-cortex — value proposition, differentiation, what Cortex is not
- 03-concepts — ATOM, HYOS profile, bloc, governance, memory, versioning, divergence
- glossaire — short definitions of all product vocabulary
Get started
Section titled “Get started”- 02-getting-started — install, launch, open the UI in under ten minutes
Use day-to-day
Section titled “Use day-to-day”- 04-use-cases/agent-memory — give persistent memory to an LLM agent
- 04-use-cases/versioned-catalogue — manage a versioned skills and expertise catalogue
- 04-use-cases/governance-rules — apply auditable governance rules to LLM outputs
Configure
Section titled “Configure”- 05-providers — Google Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic; keys, models, encryption
- 06-rest-and-mcp — REST API (port 9096) and MCP server (port 3001)
- 08-deployment — Docker Compose, env vars, production hardening
- 07-security-and-data — authentication, encryption, RBAC, data residency
- 09-faq — frequently asked questions
Documentation status
Section titled “Documentation status”The skeleton is in place. Content is created lot by lot — each file listed above will join this folder in upcoming commits. This page will be enriched with links as content lands.
Track commits on main or the root CHANGELOG for details.