Cortex Research Notes

Dated Cortex research synthesis retained when it still explains current canon or live research threads.

On this page
  1. Scope Subdirectories
  2. What Belongs Here
  3. What Does Not Belong Here
  4. Template
  5. Related

Cortex Research Notes

Research notes are dated artifacts. They are not canonical specs, and they are not a permanent store for every issue-era synthesis. Retain notes that still explain current Cortex architecture, publication work, or active research questions.

Scope Subdirectories

  • Foundation/ - formalism, algebraic structure, and coordination boundaries.
  • Runtime/ - Pulse runtime, graph execution, rewrites, and memory.
  • Wire/ - Wire language design and source-language semantics.
  • Applications/ - downstream use cases and workflow patterns.

What Belongs Here

  • Dated synthesis notes that still explain current architecture.
  • Design thinking that feeds active publications or live research.
  • Decision archaeology that is not already captured better by an ADR.

What Does Not Belong Here

  • Stale transition notes.
  • Superseded grammar snapshots.
  • Issue-specific migration notes whose surviving claims now live in canonical architecture, reference, or ADR docs.
  • Consumer-specific product strategy that belongs under Consumers/.

Template

Use ../Templates/research-memo.md for new notes.