01
Capture
One hotkey. Mobile share. CLI pipe. The note exists before the thought cools.
CORTEX
00 / Manifest
Knowledge,
indexed.
Cortex is a second brain with Swiss discipline: capture every fragment, force it into a system of relations, and retrieve it without ceremony.
01Atomic notes
02Hard links
03Plain query
No folders.
No weekly cleanup.
Only structure that earns its place.
02
Connect
Wikilinks and suggested neighbors. You decide what becomes permanent structure.
03
Compile
Ask in sentences. Get notes, the path between them, and the sources you kept.
Operating principle
A second brain should feel like an instrument, not a closet.
Local-first
Your vault is files on disk.
Markdown out
No proprietary dead ends.
Speed budget
Open and type in under a second.
Quiet by default
No streaks. No gamification.
Access