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+include LICENSE
+include README.md
+include pyproject.toml
+graft cortex
+prune .github
+prune build
+prune cortex-sdk
+prune dist
+prune docs
+prune docs_backup
+prune experimental
+prune node_modules
+prune sdks
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+prune tests
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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: cortex-persist
+Version: 0.3.0b2
+Summary: Tamper-evident memory and decision lineage for AI agents.
+Author-email: "borjamoskv.com" <borja@moskv.com>
+License-Expression: Apache-2.0
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://cortexpersist.com
+Project-URL: Documentation, https://github.com/borjamoskv/Cortex-Persist/tree/main/src/content/docs
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+Project-URL: Changelog, https://github.com/borjamoskv/Cortex-Persist/releases
+Project-URL: Roadmap, https://github.com/borjamoskv/Cortex-Persist/blob/main/ROADMAP.md
+Project-URL: Security, https://github.com/borjamoskv/Cortex-Persist/blob/main/SECURITY.md
+Project-URL: Support, https://github.com/borjamoskv/Cortex-Persist/blob/main/SUPPORT.md
+Keywords: ai,memory,agents,trust,compliance,eu-ai-act,cryptographic-ledger,audit-trail,vector-search,sqlite,mcp,multi-tenant
+Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
+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: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13
+Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence
+Classifier: Topic :: Security :: Cryptography
+Classifier: Topic :: Database
+Classifier: Typing :: Typed
+Requires-Python: >=3.10
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+License-File: LICENSE
+Requires-Dist: sqlite-vec>=0.1.6
+Requires-Dist: sentence-transformers>=3.0
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+Provides-Extra: toolbox
+Requires-Dist: toolbox-core>=0.1.0; extra == "toolbox"
+Provides-Extra: billing
+Requires-Dist: stripe>=8.0; extra == "billing"
+Provides-Extra: cloud
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+Requires-Dist: redis>=5.0; extra == "cloud"
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+Dynamic: license-file
+
+# CORTEX Persist
+
+> Verifiable memory and decision records for AI agents.
+
+**Track what an agent saw, decided, and changed - with tamper-evident history.**
+
+Local-first. SHA-256 hash-chained. Merkle checkpoints. Audit-ready.
+
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+
+[Quickstart](#quickstart) · [System Map](src/content/docs/system-map.md) · [Native Technologies](src/content/docs/CORTEX-NATIVE-TECHNOLOGIES.md) · [Enterprise Readiness](ENTERPRISE_READINESS.md) · [Diligence Checklist](DUE_DILIGENCE_CHECKLIST.md) · [Deployment Hardening](DEPLOYMENT_HARDENING.md) · [API](src/content/docs/api.md) · [Security Model](src/content/docs/SECURITY_TRUST_MODEL.md) · [Support](SUPPORT.md) · [Roadmap](ROADMAP.md) · [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md)
+
+CORTEX Persist adds a verification layer around agent memory and decision state. It sits between your runtime and your storage so facts, decisions, and derived state become reviewable, tamper-evident records instead of mutable application state. If stored context changes after the fact, verification fails.
+
+## Supported Core Today
+
+The current public product contract is intentionally smaller than the full repository.
+
+| Surface | Status | What to treat as public today |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| **Local-first Python package** | ✅ **Core** | Install the Python package, use the `cortex` CLI, and use `from cortex import CortexEngine` for the in-process API. |
+| **SQLite/WAL deployment** | ✅ **Core** | Single-node, operator-managed, local-first usage. |
+| **Trust flow** | ✅ **Core** | `install -> init -> store -> verify -> export` |
+| **Current install path** | ✅ **Truthful today** | Source install is the reliable documented path until public package distribution is closed end-to-end. |
+| **REST API / MCP / broader platform surfaces** | 🟡 **Beta** | Useful for evaluation and extension, but not the first public contract. |
+| **JS SDK and alternate SDK workspaces** | 🟡 **Experimental / not yet fully aligned** | Present in the repo, but not part of the primary supported core until naming and distribution are fully closed. |
+
+If you are evaluating CORTEX as a product rather than exploring the whole repository, start with the local-first core and the quickstart below. The current closure sequence for the public contract lives in [Productization Closure Plan](src/content/docs/productization-closure-plan.md).
+
+## Why CORTEX
+
+| Feature | Logs & Observability | CORTEX Persist (Verification Layer) |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| **Trust Model** | "Trust the process" | **"Verify the record"** |
+| **Tamper Detection** | Weak (DB mutation is silent) | **Cryptographic** (SHA-256 + Merkle) |
+| **Compliance Proof** | Requires manual reconstruction | **Portable JSON Audit Packs** |
+| **Decision Review** | Ambiguous context reconstruction | **Verifiable decision history** |
+
+> Logs tell you what happened. CORTEX helps you verify what context an agent used, what it decided, and whether that record has changed since. [**Review a real verification proof.**](examples/audit_proof_artifact.json)
+
+## System Map
+
+CORTEX now exposes a stable subsystem taxonomy for navigating the codebase and architecture without forcing an immediate package rename:
+
+| Subsystem | Role | Existing Package Surfaces |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| **CORTEX Hypercore** | Trust kernel, guards, ledger, and persistence boundary | `engine/`, `ledger/`, `guards/`, `verification/`, `crypto/`, `database/`, `storage/`, `security/`, `auth/` |
+| **CORTEX Overmind** | Orchestration, swarm control, coordination, and agent runtime | `agents/`, `consensus/`, `gateway/`, `mcp/`, `worker/`, `extensions/swarm/`, `extensions/sovereign/`, `extensions/federation/`, `extensions/hypervisor/`, `extensions/manifold/` |
+| **CORTEX Deepforge** | Synthesis, reasoning, perception, and code-generation surfaces | `composer/`, `mcts/`, `shannon/`, `extensions/llm/`, `extensions/thinking/`, `extensions/evolution/`, `extensions/training/`, `extensions/skills/`, `extensions/perception/` |
+| **CORTEX Primeflow** | Execution runtime, APIs, services, event delivery, and operational flows | `api/`, `routes/`, `services/`, `events/`, `http/`, `cli/`, `telemetry/`, `extensions/automation/`, `extensions/daemon/`, `extensions/sync/`, `extensions/notifications/`, `extensions/timing/` |
+| **CORTEX Coreshift** | Memory evolution, indexing, migration, audit, and state transitions | `memory/`, `facts/`, `search/`, `embeddings/`, `graph/`, `compaction/`, `enrichment/`, `migrations/`, `audit/`, `compliance/`, `forensics/` |
+
+These names are architectural groupings over the current repository, not replacement Python package names. The canonical mapping lives in [System Map](src/content/docs/system-map.md).
+
+## Core Trust Capabilities
+
+CORTEX groups five core capabilities that show up across the repository. The names below map to the canonical architecture, but the practical value is straightforward:
+
+1. **Deterministic admission checks**: generated claims are validated before they become durable state.
+2. **Hash continuity and checkpoint verification**: ledger entries can be checked across events, batches, and rollback boundaries.
+3. **Explicit handling of uncertain or tainted memory**: uncertain, stale, or contradictory state stays visible instead of being silently blended in.
+4. **Rollback-aware write flows**: non-trivial mutations follow compensating steps instead of leaving partial state behind.
+5. **Isolated self-modification paths**: runtime code generation can be contained, tested, and validated before it affects persistent state.
+
+The canonical definition and module mapping live in [CORTEX Native Technologies](src/content/docs/CORTEX-NATIVE-TECHNOLOGIES.md).
+
+## Use Cases
+
+1. **Autonomous Agents:** Record what context was present when an agent made a critical decision (for example, executing a trade or sending a legal email).
+2. **Multi-Agent Systems:** Trace state propagation across agents and workflows.
+3. **Compliance-Heavy Environments:** Produce audit trails for finance, security, and regulated operations.
+4. **Post-incident forensics:** detect silent mutation, tampering, or replayed state.
+5. **Trust-sensitive AI products:** ship verifiable memory and decisions instead of relying on mutable logs.
+
+## Why not just logs or a vector DB?
+
+Traditional logging and standard vector stores help you observe systems. They do not give you a verifiable record of memory and decisions. CORTEX adds that layer without forcing you to replace your stack.
+
+| Feature                    | Standard Logs (Datadog/ELK) | Standard Vector DB (Pinecone/Qdrant) | **CORTEX Persist**                        |
+|:---------------------------|:----------------------------|:-------------------------------------|:------------------------------------------|
+| **Primary Goal**           | Observability & Debugging   | Semantic Search & RAG                | **Verifiable memory and decision records** |
+| **Write Integrity**        | Overwritable / Editable     | Silent CRUD operations               | **Append-Only + Cryptographic Hash**      |
+| **Fact Mutability**        | Easy (API/Admin access)     | Easy (API/Admin access)              | **Tamper-evident, append-oriented records** |
+| **Evidence Export**        | Text dumps                  | JSON extracts                        | **Portable audit packs**                  |
+
+> **See a real artifact**: [View exported audit pack](examples/audit_proof_artifact.json)
+
+### What CORTEX does NOT replace (Non-Goals)
+
+- **CORTEX is not a Semantic Search primary DB:** Continue using Qdrant, Pinecone, or Milvus for purely ephemeral RAG chunks. CORTEX stores the *decisions* and core *facts*.
+- **CORTEX is not an Observability Platform:** Continue using Datadog or ELK for server metrics, APM, and basic string logs. 
+- **CORTEX does not stop hallucinations:** A verifiable record can still contain a wrong model conclusion. CORTEX makes that state auditable; it does not make it true.
+
+## Deployment Matrix
+
+- **Tamper-evident memory:** append-only ledger for facts, decisions, and state transitions.
+- **Hash-linked records:** SHA-256 chaining across stored entries.
+- **Batch integrity proofs:** Merkle checkpoints for efficient verification at scale.
+- **Deterministic audit exports:** reproducible evidence for internal review and regulated workflows.
+- **Drop-in positioning:** works on top of existing memory stores instead of replacing your stack.
+
+| Environment | Status | Storage / Scaling |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| **Local-Only** | ✅ **Most Mature** | SQLite + WAL + built-in Vector Search. Best fit today for single-node, operator-managed deployments. |
+| **Self-Hosted** | 🟡 **Beta** | Multi-tenant. API-driven. Redis cache. Pluggable to your infra. |
+| **Cloud-Ready** | ⏳ **Roadmap** | AlloyDB/PostgreSQL + Qdrant. For distributed massive swarms. |
+
+## Enterprise Readiness
+
+CORTEX is still on a beta product line, but the repository now exposes the basic due-diligence surfaces a serious buyer or platform team expects:
+
+- **Stable governance surface:** [Support](SUPPORT.md), [Security Policy](SECURITY.md), [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md), and [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
+- **Stable technical entrypoints:** [Architecture](src/content/docs/architecture.md), [Security Model](src/content/docs/SECURITY_TRUST_MODEL.md), [API](src/content/docs/api.md), and [Operations](src/content/docs/OPERATIONS.md)
+- **Release and supply-chain controls:** signed releases, CI, CodeQL, SBOM generation, dependency audit, and container scanning
+- **Deployment and buyer validation guides:** [DEPLOYMENT_HARDENING.md](DEPLOYMENT_HARDENING.md) and [DUE_DILIGENCE_CHECKLIST.md](DUE_DILIGENCE_CHECKLIST.md)
+- **Candid diligence summary:** strengths, current limits, and evaluation checklist in [ENTERPRISE_READINESS.md](ENTERPRISE_READINESS.md)
+
+If you are evaluating CORTEX for acquisition, procurement, or internal platform adoption, start with [ENTERPRISE_READINESS.md](ENTERPRISE_READINESS.md) and [DUE_DILIGENCE_CHECKLIST.md](DUE_DILIGENCE_CHECKLIST.md).
+
+## 90-second demo
+
+```bash
+# 1. Start the ledger
+$ cortex init
+
+# 2. Store a memory
+$ cortex store risk-bot "Transaction flagged: IP mismatch" --type decision --source agent:risk-bot
+[✓] Stored fact #<FACT_ID> in risk-bot
+
+# 3. Verify integrity
+$ cortex verify <FACT_ID>
+[✔] VERIFIED: Hash chain intact.
+
+# 4. Verify the ledger
+$ cortex trust-ledger verify
+[✔] Ledger is VALID
+
+# 5. Generate a compliance snapshot
+$ cortex compliance-report
+```
+
+## Quickstart
+
+Start with the smallest supported flow and get to audit evidence fast.
+
+```bash
+# 1. Install from source and initialize
+git clone https://github.com/borjamoskv/Cortex-Persist.git
+cd Cortex-Persist
+python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -e .
+cortex init
+
+# 2. Store a decision (copy the returned fact ID)
+cortex store risk-bot "Transaction flagged: IP mismatch" --type decision --source agent:risk-bot
+
+# 3. Verify the fact and the ledger
+cortex verify <FACT_ID>
+cortex trust-ledger verify
+
+# 4. Export evidence
+cortex compliance-report
+```
+
+## Integration
+
+CORTEX wraps your existing state management. It does not replace your embeddings or vector search.
+
+```python
+import asyncio
+from cortex import CortexEngine
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    engine = CortexEngine()
+
+    receipt = await engine.store_fact(
+        content="User approved transaction $5,000",
+        fact_type="decision",
+        project="fin-fraud-bot",
+        tenant_id="customer-123",
+    )
+
+    assert await engine.verify(receipt.hash) is True
+
+asyncio.run(main())
+```
+
+## Performance
+
+*Typical execution on a standard cloud instance (4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM).*
+
+| Operation | Median | P95 | Notes |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| **Memory Write** | ~18 ms | ~35 ms | Local SQLite + SHA-256 |
+| **Verify Record** | ~5 ms | ~12 ms | Single block validation |
+| **Merkle Checkpoint** | ~85 ms | ~140 ms | Aggregating 10k records |
+| **Report Export** | ~400 ms | ~800 ms | Lineage traversal |
+
+---
+
+## Threat Model Summary (Trust Boundaries)
+
+CORTEX treats generative AI output as untrusted input until it passes deterministic checks.
+- **Generated output is validated before persistence:** model output only becomes durable memory after guards, schema checks, and write-path validation.
+- **Mutation paths are constrained:** agents cannot write arbitrary state outside the validated mutation flow.
+- **Tamper evidence complements access control:** if someone edits stored records after the fact, the hash chain no longer verifies.
+
+> Read the cryptographic guarantees in the [Security Model](src/content/docs/SECURITY_TRUST_MODEL.md).
+
+---
+
+## Documentation
+
+Canonical long-form documentation lives under [`src/content/docs`](src/content/docs). The top-level `docs/` directory is a GitHub-facing compatibility shim, not the source of truth.
+
+- [**Quickstart**](#quickstart) — Install, store, verify, and export.
+- [**Enterprise Readiness**](ENTERPRISE_READINESS.md) — Buyer-facing maturity, risk, and diligence summary.
+- [**Due Diligence Checklist**](DUE_DILIGENCE_CHECKLIST.md) — Reproducible technical and security evaluation steps.
+- [**Productization Closure Plan**](src/content/docs/productization-closure-plan.md) — Execution sequence for supported core, naming, onboarding, and distribution alignment.
+- [**Deployment Hardening**](DEPLOYMENT_HARDENING.md) — Production-oriented guardrails for self-hosted deployments.
+- [**Support Policy**](SUPPORT.md) — Support channels, response targets, and release support window.
+- [**Repository Governance**](REPO_GOVERNANCE.md) — Ownership, review expectations, and change safety rules.
+- [**Maintainers**](MAINTAINERS.md) — Current maintainer model and stewardship boundaries.
+- [**Version Support**](VERSION_SUPPORT.md) — Supported release line expectations.
+- [**Release Process**](RELEASE_PROCESS.md) — Public package publication and signing flow.
+- [**System Map**](src/content/docs/system-map.md) — Canonical subsystem taxonomy for Hypercore, Overmind, Deepforge, Primeflow, and Coreshift.
+- [**CORTEX Native Technologies**](src/content/docs/CORTEX-NATIVE-TECHNOLOGIES.md) — Canonical definition of the platform's five core trust capabilities.
+- [**API Reference**](src/content/docs/api.md) — SDK primitives and REST endpoints.
+- [**Security Model**](src/content/docs/SECURITY_TRUST_MODEL.md) — Cryptographic invariants and trust guarantees.
+- [**Architecture**](src/content/docs/architecture.md) — System topology and critical trust surfaces.
+- [**Installation**](src/content/docs/installation.md) — Current reliable install path and packaging status.
+- [**Roadmap**](ROADMAP.md) — Deployment phases and scaling logic.
+- [**Contributing**](CONTRIBUTING.md) — Development workflow and contribution rules.
+
+---
+
+## License
+
+Apache License 2.0. See [LICENSE](LICENSE).
+
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