Local-first agent kernel: a durable case file + phase machine (orient → investigate → plan → change → verify → preserve) between an LLM and a specialist tool ecosystem. CLI + MCP server.
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AGENTS.md instructions for abdul-hamid-achik/cortex, covering agents.md, project overview, directory structure, the reasoning loop (what the kernel enforces) and development commands (taskfile, version 3).
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Claude Code instructions for abdul-hamid-achik/cortex, covering claude.md, what cortex is, two documentation surfaces — do not mix them, gotchas (learned the hard way) and validate your work.