Coordinate agent teams through a shared folder of markdown files. Works with any AI runtime.
No databases. No APIs. No message queues. Just markdown files in a shared folder.
A coordinator agent that receives your instructions, dispatches tasks to workers, monitors progress, and sends daily briefings.
Project-specific agents that poll for work on a heartbeat, execute tasks, and report status back through the shared folder.
A shared folder of markdown files that acts as the message bus. Agent notes, project notes, and work queues. No direct agent-to-agent communication.
Tasks flow through plain markdown. Chief of staff writes them, workers execute them.
Get a coordinated agent team running in minutes.
Add the marketplace source and install Cortex.
claude plugins marketplace add https://github.com/agentweave/cortex --scope user
claude plugins install cortex@agentweave
Creates your team directory, config, and chief of staff agent.
/setup
In the chief of staff's project directory. Heartbeat starts automatically.
/join Chief of Staff
Register the agent, then onboard it in its project directory.
/register Billing Dev
/join Billing Dev
Cortex ships as a Claude Code plugin, but the protocol is runtime-agnostic. Any agent that can read and write files can join the team.
Cortex is open source and free. Read the protocol spec or jump straight in.
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