docs/ is the active architectural documentation surface for remram-cortex.
The repository has been reset around the layered architecture and the current chosen stack.
- overview/: what Cortex is, why it exists, and how the repository is organized
- authority-map.md: canonical doc split, read order, and legacy handling
- glossary.md: locked shared terminology
- concepts/: stable concept definitions that survive implementation changes
- design/: the active architecture, stack, integration, and deployment docs
- context-packs/: AI-oriented briefing packs for compact thread start, NotebookLM, and audio debriefs
- reference/: curated technical notes for the core technologies currently in use
- authority-map.md
- overview/overview.md
- glossary.md
- design/layered-memory-architecture.md
- design/technology-stack.md
- context-packs/cortex-core/README.md
- context-packs/layered-cortex-stack/README.md
For a new AI implementation thread, the recommended read order is:
- context-packs/cortex-core/README.md
- context-packs/cortex-core/00-repo-orientation.md
- context-packs/cortex-core/01-terminology-and-legacy.md
- context-packs/cortex-core/02-layers-and-authority.md
- context-packs/cortex-core/05-phases-and-delivery.md
- ../projects/mvp-1-practical-cortex/README.md
- ../projects/mvp-1-practical-cortex/project-plan.md
Use the expanded Layered Cortex Stack pack when you want a longer topic-by-topic briefing or audio-oriented source set.
The canonical authority order is:
- authority-map.md
- glossary.md
- design/
- supporting summaries in concepts/, product/, projects/, and context-packs/
Historical material removed from the active tree now lives under the top-level archive/.