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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: cogno-cortex
+Version: 0.1.0
+Summary: The in-process skills framework for the Cogno stack — author skills as BaseTool + manifest, rank them against NER tags, execute via a provider bus, discover from disk, and bridge to cogno-anima's tool contract via CortexDispatcher. The framework, not the skills; infra-agnostic.
+Author: Vinicius Vale
+Maintainer: Sudoers AI
+License-Expression: Apache-2.0
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/sudoers-ai/cogno-cortex
+Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/sudoers-ai/cogno-cortex
+Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/sudoers-ai/cogno-cortex/issues
+Keywords: skills,tools,agents,function-calling,cogno,llm
+Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
+Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
+Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
+Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
+Classifier: Typing :: Typed
+Requires-Python: >=3.10
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+License-File: LICENSE
+Requires-Dist: pydantic>=2.0
+Requires-Dist: cogno-anima<0.2,>=0.1
+Requires-Dist: cogno-synapse<0.2,>=0.1
+Provides-Extra: dev
+Requires-Dist: pytest>=8.0; extra == "dev"
+Requires-Dist: pytest-asyncio>=0.23.0; extra == "dev"
+Requires-Dist: pytest-cov>=5.0; extra == "dev"
+Requires-Dist: ruff>=0.5; extra == "dev"
+Requires-Dist: mypy>=1.8; extra == "dev"
+Dynamic: license-file
+
+# cogno-cortex
+
+**The in-process skills framework for the Cogno stack.**
+
+A *skill* is a richer thing than a tool: a `BaseTool` implementation **+** a
+`SkillManifest` (tags, policy flags, instructions) for discovery and ranking.
+cortex is the layer that authors, discovers, ranks and executes skills — and then
+**bridges them to a plain tool** via `CortexDispatcher`, so the EGO / `cogno-soma`
+see ordinary tools and never know what a "skill" is.
+
+cortex ships the **framework, not the skills** (like `cogno-persona` ships the
+store, not the personas). It is infra-agnostic: in-process execution only; shell /
+http / remote providers are a host seam.
+
+```
+SKILL.md + BaseTool ─▶ SkillRegistry.rank(NER tags) ─▶ CortexDispatcher
+                                                              │ (implements
+                                                              ▼  cogno-anima's
+                                              soma.run_turn(dispatcher=…) → EGO
+                                                                 ToolDispatcher)
+```
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+pip install cogno-cortex      # pulls cogno-anima + cogno-synapse + pydantic
+```
+
+> The sibling cogno libs are not on PyPI yet — install them from git first
+> (`cogno-homeo`, `cogno-synapse`, `cogno-anima`); see `.github/workflows/ci.yml`.
+
+## Author a skill
+
+```python
+from cogno_cortex import BaseTool, SkillResult, ToolContext
+
+class MathTool(BaseTool):
+    a: float
+    op: str          # the Pydantic fields ARE the tool arguments
+    b: float
+
+    @property
+    def name(self): return "math"
+    @property
+    def description(self): return "Basic arithmetic."
+
+    async def run(self, ctx: ToolContext) -> SkillResult:
+        val = {"+": self.a + self.b, "*": self.a * self.b}[self.op]
+        return SkillResult(skill_name=self.name, payload=val)
+```
+
+Pair it with a `SKILL.md` (frontmatter: `name`, `description`, `tags`, `priority`,
+`mutating`, `destructive` + operational instructions in the body) in a directory,
+and `discover()` loads it.
+
+## Wire it to the EGO
+
+```python
+from cogno_cortex import (SkillRegistry, SkillBus, LocalProvider,
+                          CortexDispatcher, discover, register_all)
+
+registry, bus = SkillRegistry(), SkillBus()
+bus.register_provider(LocalProvider())
+register_all(discover("./skills"), registry, bus)
+
+chosen = registry.rank(ctx.intent.domains + ctx.intent.mandatory_tags)   # NER-driven
+dispatcher = CortexDispatcher(registry, bus, names=chosen, backend=llm_backend)
+
+# hand it straight to cogno-soma:
+await pipe.run_turn(ctx, cfg, dispatcher=dispatcher)
+```
+
+`CortexDispatcher` implements cogno-anima's `ToolDispatcher` **and**
+`ToolPolicyDispatcher`: `tools_schema()` renders the chosen manifests; `execute()`
+runs the skill and maps `SkillResult → ToolResult`; `is_mutating` / `requires_confirmation`
+read the manifest flags so the EGO's read-only mask + confirmation gate work for
+skills too.
+
+## Skills + MCP + native tools together
+
+A persona may draw tools from several sources at once. Each source is a
+`ToolDispatcher`; merge them with `cogno_anima.tools.CompositeDispatcher`:
+
+```python
+from cogno_anima.tools import CompositeDispatcher
+dispatcher = CompositeDispatcher([cortex_dispatcher, mcp_dispatcher, native_dispatcher])
+```
+
+The `ToolDispatcher` contract is the unifier — skill / MCP / native are just
+sources behind it. The persona declares modules **by name**; the host resolves each
+to a source and composes.
+
+## What stays at the host
+
+The concrete skills (shell/web/browser/...), shell/http/remote **providers**
+(subprocess/network + security), persona selection, metering (`cogno-meter`), RBAC.
+cortex is the framework; the host plugs providers via the `SkillProvider` Protocol.
+
+## The Cogno ecosystem
+
+`cogno-cortex` is one organ of **[Cogno](https://github.com/sudoers-ai)** — a family of
+small, composable, Apache-2.0 libraries that together form a complete
+conversational-agent platform. Each library owns a single concern and stays
+infra-agnostic; a **host** assembles them into a running agent:
+
+![The Cogno ecosystem](docs/assets/cogno-ecosystem.svg)
+
+The open-source libraries are the organs; the **host is the body** that joins
+them. Our reference host — `cogno-host`, with its `cogno-ui` dashboard — is the
+private product layer, but it holds no special powers: everything it does rides
+on the public seams documented in each library's `docs/HOST_INTEGRATION.md`, so
+you can assemble a body of your own.
+
+## Development
+
+```bash
+pip install -e ".[dev]"
+pytest tests/unit -q            # fast, no network
+pytest tests/integration -q     # real EGO over Ollama, auto-skips if absent
+ruff check cogno_cortex tests && mypy cogno_cortex
+python examples/host_min.py     # offline demo: discover → rank → bridge → execute
+```
+
+Apache-2.0.

cogno_cortex-0.1.0/README.md

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+# cogno-cortex
+
+**The in-process skills framework for the Cogno stack.**
+
+A *skill* is a richer thing than a tool: a `BaseTool` implementation **+** a
+`SkillManifest` (tags, policy flags, instructions) for discovery and ranking.
+cortex is the layer that authors, discovers, ranks and executes skills — and then
+**bridges them to a plain tool** via `CortexDispatcher`, so the EGO / `cogno-soma`
+see ordinary tools and never know what a "skill" is.
+
+cortex ships the **framework, not the skills** (like `cogno-persona` ships the
+store, not the personas). It is infra-agnostic: in-process execution only; shell /
+http / remote providers are a host seam.
+
+```
+SKILL.md + BaseTool ─▶ SkillRegistry.rank(NER tags) ─▶ CortexDispatcher
+                                                              │ (implements
+                                                              ▼  cogno-anima's
+                                              soma.run_turn(dispatcher=…) → EGO
+                                                                 ToolDispatcher)
+```
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+pip install cogno-cortex      # pulls cogno-anima + cogno-synapse + pydantic
+```
+
+> The sibling cogno libs are not on PyPI yet — install them from git first
+> (`cogno-homeo`, `cogno-synapse`, `cogno-anima`); see `.github/workflows/ci.yml`.
+
+## Author a skill
+
+```python
+from cogno_cortex import BaseTool, SkillResult, ToolContext
+
+class MathTool(BaseTool):
+    a: float
+    op: str          # the Pydantic fields ARE the tool arguments
+    b: float
+
+    @property
+    def name(self): return "math"
+    @property
+    def description(self): return "Basic arithmetic."
+
+    async def run(self, ctx: ToolContext) -> SkillResult:
+        val = {"+": self.a + self.b, "*": self.a * self.b}[self.op]
+        return SkillResult(skill_name=self.name, payload=val)
+```
+
+Pair it with a `SKILL.md` (frontmatter: `name`, `description`, `tags`, `priority`,
+`mutating`, `destructive` + operational instructions in the body) in a directory,
+and `discover()` loads it.
+
+## Wire it to the EGO
+
+```python
+from cogno_cortex import (SkillRegistry, SkillBus, LocalProvider,
+                          CortexDispatcher, discover, register_all)
+
+registry, bus = SkillRegistry(), SkillBus()
+bus.register_provider(LocalProvider())
+register_all(discover("./skills"), registry, bus)
+
+chosen = registry.rank(ctx.intent.domains + ctx.intent.mandatory_tags)   # NER-driven
+dispatcher = CortexDispatcher(registry, bus, names=chosen, backend=llm_backend)
+
+# hand it straight to cogno-soma:
+await pipe.run_turn(ctx, cfg, dispatcher=dispatcher)
+```
+
+`CortexDispatcher` implements cogno-anima's `ToolDispatcher` **and**
+`ToolPolicyDispatcher`: `tools_schema()` renders the chosen manifests; `execute()`
+runs the skill and maps `SkillResult → ToolResult`; `is_mutating` / `requires_confirmation`
+read the manifest flags so the EGO's read-only mask + confirmation gate work for
+skills too.
+
+## Skills + MCP + native tools together
+
+A persona may draw tools from several sources at once. Each source is a
+`ToolDispatcher`; merge them with `cogno_anima.tools.CompositeDispatcher`:
+
+```python
+from cogno_anima.tools import CompositeDispatcher
+dispatcher = CompositeDispatcher([cortex_dispatcher, mcp_dispatcher, native_dispatcher])
+```
+
+The `ToolDispatcher` contract is the unifier — skill / MCP / native are just
+sources behind it. The persona declares modules **by name**; the host resolves each
+to a source and composes.
+
+## What stays at the host
+
+The concrete skills (shell/web/browser/...), shell/http/remote **providers**
+(subprocess/network + security), persona selection, metering (`cogno-meter`), RBAC.
+cortex is the framework; the host plugs providers via the `SkillProvider` Protocol.
+
+## The Cogno ecosystem
+
+`cogno-cortex` is one organ of **[Cogno](https://github.com/sudoers-ai)** — a family of
+small, composable, Apache-2.0 libraries that together form a complete
+conversational-agent platform. Each library owns a single concern and stays
+infra-agnostic; a **host** assembles them into a running agent:
+
+![The Cogno ecosystem](docs/assets/cogno-ecosystem.svg)
+
+The open-source libraries are the organs; the **host is the body** that joins
+them. Our reference host — `cogno-host`, with its `cogno-ui` dashboard — is the
+private product layer, but it holds no special powers: everything it does rides
+on the public seams documented in each library's `docs/HOST_INTEGRATION.md`, so
+you can assemble a body of your own.
+
+## Development
+
+```bash
+pip install -e ".[dev]"
+pytest tests/unit -q            # fast, no network
+pytest tests/integration -q     # real EGO over Ollama, auto-skips if absent
+ruff check cogno_cortex tests && mypy cogno_cortex
+python examples/host_min.py     # offline demo: discover → rank → bridge → execute
+```
+
+Apache-2.0.

cogno_cortex-0.1.0/cogno_cortex/__init__.py

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+"""cogno-cortex — the in-process skills framework for the Cogno stack.
+
+Skills are authored as ``BaseTool`` subclasses + ``SkillManifest`` metadata,
+ranked against NER tags by ``SkillRegistry``, executed by ``SkillBus`` (via a
+``SkillProvider`` — ``LocalProvider`` ships), and discovered from disk by the
+loader. ``CortexDispatcher`` bridges them to cogno-anima's ``ToolDispatcher`` so the
+EGO / cogno-soma see skills as ordinary tools — merge with MCP/native sources via
+``cogno_anima.tools.CompositeDispatcher``.
+"""
+
+from cogno_cortex.base import BasePromptTool, BaseTool, ToolContext
+from cogno_cortex.bus import (
+    LocalProvider,
+    SkillBus,
+    SkillNotFoundError,
+    SkillProvider,
+)
+from cogno_cortex.dispatcher import CortexDispatcher
+from cogno_cortex.loader import (
+    discover,
+    load_skill_dir,
+    parse_frontmatter,
+    register_all,
+)
+from cogno_cortex.registry import SkillRegistry
+from cogno_cortex.types import SkillManifest, SkillResult
+
+__all__ = [
+    "BaseTool",
+    "BasePromptTool",
+    "ToolContext",
+    "SkillManifest",
+    "SkillResult",
+    "SkillRegistry",
+    "SkillBus",
+    "SkillProvider",
+    "LocalProvider",
+    "SkillNotFoundError",
+    "CortexDispatcher",
+    "discover",
+    "load_skill_dir",
+    "register_all",
+    "parse_frontmatter",
+]
+
+__version__ = "0.1.0"

cogno_cortex-0.1.0/cogno_cortex/base.py

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+"""Skill authoring contracts: ``BaseTool`` / ``BasePromptTool`` / ``ToolContext``.
+
+A skill is a ``BaseTool`` subclass: its Pydantic fields ARE the tool's arguments,
+and ``run(context)`` executes it, returning a :class:`SkillResult`. ``ToolContext``
+carries the injected LLM backend + free-form metadata (the host passes domains,
+constraints, the user query, etc.) — note it carries NO pipeline/DB handle: a skill
+is infra-agnostic, exactly like the rest of the stack.
+
+Ported from the parent ``cogno.skills.base``; the ``PipelineContext`` coupling of
+the parent's ``ToolContext`` is replaced by a plain ``metadata`` dict.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from typing import Any
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
+
+from cogno_cortex.types import SkillResult
+
+
+class ToolContext(BaseModel):
+    """Execution context passed to a skill's ``run()``.
+
+    Attributes:
+        backend:  an injected ``cogno_synapse.LLMBackend`` (typed ``Any`` to avoid a
+                  hard import + circulars); ``None`` for skills that need no LLM.
+        trace_id: optional correlation id for observability.
+        metadata: extra context from the host (domains, constraints, user query, ...).
+    """
+
+    backend: Any = None
+    trace_id: str = ""
+    metadata: dict[str, Any] = {}
+    model_config = ConfigDict(arbitrary_types_allowed=True)
+
+
+class BaseTool(BaseModel, ABC):
+    """Abstract base for all skills. Subclasses declare arguments as Pydantic fields.
+
+    Example::
+
+        class MathTool(BaseTool):
+            a: float
+            op: str
+            b: float
+
+            @property
+            def name(self) -> str: return "math"
+
+            @property
+            def description(self) -> str: return "Basic arithmetic."
+
+            async def run(self, context: ToolContext) -> SkillResult:
+                ...
+    """
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(arbitrary_types_allowed=True)
+
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        """Unique skill name (must match the ``SkillManifest.name``)."""
+
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def description(self) -> str:
+        """Human-readable description of what this skill does."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def run(self, context: ToolContext) -> SkillResult:
+        """Execute the skill and return a :class:`SkillResult`."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def args_schema(cls) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """JSON-Schema for this skill's arguments (its Pydantic fields)."""
+        return cls.model_json_schema()
+
+
+class BasePromptTool(BaseTool):
+    """Convenience base for LLM-driven skills: ``run`` formats a prompt + calls the backend."""
+
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def prompt_template(self) -> str:
+        """A ``str.format`` template with ``{field_name}`` placeholders."""
+
+    async def run(self, context: ToolContext) -> SkillResult:
+        formatted = self.prompt_template.format(**self.model_dump())
+        response = await context.backend.generate("You are a specialized tool assistant.", formatted)
+        text = response[0] if isinstance(response, tuple) else response
+        usage: dict[str, int] = {}
+        if isinstance(response, tuple) and len(response) >= 3:
+            usage = {"tokens_in": response[1], "tokens_out": response[2]}
+        return SkillResult(
+            skill_name=self.name, payload=text, status="success",
+            evidence=[f"prompt tool '{self.name}' executed"], usage=usage)