Ingestion

Ingestion (Hippocampus)

This page describes how CORTEX ingests new observations and integrates them into memory.

Ingest Path

1. Chunking/Parsing — Raw inputs are segmented into pages/blocks.
2. Embedding — Each chunk is embedded using a Matryoshka-capable model.
3. Fast Neighbor Insert — New vectors are connected into the semantic neighbor graph.
4. Hierarchical Prototypes — Pages are organized into Books, Volumes, and Shelves.

Hierarchy & Promotion

CORTEX manages a hierarchical prototype structure to keep hot (frequently-accessed) concepts in memory while relying on disk-backed storage for the long tail.

For implementation details, see the code in hippocampus/ and the HierarchyBuilder design notes.