Cortex Intelligence Engine 🧠⚡

A three-layer intelligence engine designed for integration with Open Agent Spec, providing advanced sensory processing, interpretation, and reasoning capabilities with intelligent filtering and cost optimization.

🎯 What is Cortex?

Cortex acts as an intelligent filtering layer between your OAS agents and expensive external LLMs. Instead of routing every request directly to external LLMs, Cortex:

1. Processes input through Layer 1 (sensory processing)
2. Analyzes with Layer 2 (internal intelligence - rule-based or ONNX models)
3. Decides whether to trigger Layer 3 (external LLM) based on complexity and importance
4. Provides intelligent responses with suggested actions

Result: 60-80% cost reduction while maintaining intelligence! 💰🧠

🏗️ Architecture

Cortex implements a three-layer architecture:

OAS Agent → Cortex Intelligence Engine → External LLM (if needed)
                ↓
            Layer 1: Sensory Processing (Text, Image, Audio)
                ↓
            Layer 2: Internal Intelligence (Rule-based/ONNX/Local LLM)
                ↓
            Layer 3: External LLM (OpenAI, Claude, etc.)

Layer Breakdown

1. Layer 1 - Sensory Processing: Raw data processing for vision, audio, and text inputs
2. Layer 2 - Interpretation: Onboard ONNX/LLM for base-level data interpretation and reaction decisions
3. Layer 3 - Reasoning: External LLM vendor integration (OpenAI, Claude, etc.) for complex reasoning

✨ Features

• 🧠 Intelligent Filtering: Automatically decides when to use expensive external LLMs
• 🤖 ONNX Integration: Local neural network models for intelligent decision-making
• 💰 Cost Optimization: 60-80% reduction in external API calls
• ⚡ Performance: Sub-second responses for simple queries
• 🔄 Multi-modal Processing: Handles text, images, and audio data
• 🎯 Smart Routing: Determines when complex reasoning is needed
• 🔌 Flexible LLM Integration: Supports multiple LLM providers with fallback mechanisms
• 🤖 Open Agent Spec Compatible: Drop-in replacement for standard OAS intelligence engines
• 📊 Performance Monitoring: Built-in metrics and status tracking
• 📦 Batch Processing: Efficient processing of multiple inputs
• ⚙️ Configurable Processing Modes: Reactive, proactive, and selective processing

🚀 Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/cortex.git
cd cortex

# Install in development mode
pip install -e .

📋 Dependencies

• Python 3.8+
• numpy - Numerical computing
• Pillow - Image processing
• onnxruntime - Layer 2 ONNX models
• aiohttp - Async HTTP requests
• pydantic - Data validation

⚡ Quick Start

Basic Usage

import asyncio
from cortex import create_simple_cortex, create_cortex_function

async def main():
    # Create a basic Cortex instance
    cortex = create_simple_cortex(
        openai_api_key="your_openai_key",  # Optional
        claude_api_key="your_claude_key",  # Optional
        enable_layer3=True
    )
    
    # Process some input
    result = await cortex.process_input(
        data="Analyze this urgent system alert!",
        context="System monitoring detected anomaly"
    )
    
    print(f"Response: {result.final_response}")
    print(f"Suggested actions: {result.suggested_actions}")

asyncio.run(main())

🤖 Open Agent Spec Integration

from cortex import create_cortex_oas_intelligence, create_cortex_oas_function

# Configure like standard OAS intelligence
config = {
    "type": "cortex",
    "config": {
        "processing_mode": "reactive",
        "layer2_threshold": 0.6,
        "enable_layer3": True,
        "external_engine": "openai",
        "external_model": "gpt-4"
    }
}

# Create OAS-compatible intelligence engine
intelligence = create_cortex_oas_intelligence(config)
oas_function = create_cortex_oas_function(intelligence)

# Use in your OAS agent
response = await oas_function(
    prompt="URGENT: System failure detected!",
    context={"user_id": "123", "session_id": "456"}
)

print(f"Triggered Layer 3: {response['metadata']['triggered_layer3']}")

📖 For detailed OAS integration guide, see docs/OAS_INTEGRATION.md

🧠 ONNX Integration

from cortex import create_cortex_oas_intelligence, CortexOASConfig

# Configure with ONNX models for intelligent filtering
config = CortexOASConfig(
    layer2_engine="onnx",  # Enable ONNX models
    layer2_threshold=0.6,  # Confidence threshold
    enable_layer3=True,    # Allow external LLM calls
    external_engine="openai",
    external_model="gpt-4"
)

# Create intelligence engine with ONNX-powered Layer 2
intelligence = create_cortex_oas_intelligence(config)

# Process input - ONNX models will decide if Layer 3 is needed
response = await intelligence.process("URGENT: System failure detected!")
print(f"Triggered Layer 3: {response['metadata']['triggered_layer3']}")

📖 For detailed ONNX integration guide, see docs/ONNX_INTEGRATION.md

📚 Usage Examples

📝 Text Processing

result = await cortex.process_input(
    data="Emergency: Database server is down!",
    sense_type="text",
    task_type="incident_response"
)

🖼️ Image Processing

from PIL import Image

image = Image.open("photo.jpg")
result = await cortex.process_input(
    data=image,
    sense_type="vision",
    context="Security camera feed analysis"
)

🎵 Audio Processing

import numpy as np

# Audio data as numpy array
audio_data = np.load("audio_sample.npy")
result = await cortex.process_input(
    data=audio_data,
    sense_type="audio",
    task_type="sound_classification"
)

📦 Batch Processing

inputs = [
    {"data": "Message 1", "task_type": "general"},
    {"data": "URGENT: Alert message", "task_type": "alert"},
    {"data": image_data, "sense_type": "vision"}
]

results = await cortex.batch_process(inputs)

⚙️ Configuration

🔄 Processing Modes

Mode	Behavior	Use Case
REACTIVE	Only Layer 3 when Layer 2 decides	Cost-effective, intelligent filtering
PROACTIVE	Always use all layers	Maximum intelligence, higher cost
SELECTIVE	Custom logic for Layer 3	Custom filtering rules

from cortex.core import CortexConfig, ProcessingMode

config = CortexConfig(
    processing_mode=ProcessingMode.REACTIVE,
    layer2_threshold=0.6,
    enable_layer3=True,
    max_processing_time=30.0
)

cortex = Cortex(config)

🤖 LLM Provider Configuration

from cortex.layers.layer3 import LLMConfig, LLMProvider

# OpenAI Configuration
openai_config = LLMConfig(
    provider=LLMProvider.OPENAI,
    api_key="your_key",
    model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
    max_tokens=1000,
    temperature=0.7
)

# Claude Configuration
claude_config = LLMConfig(
    provider=LLMProvider.CLAUDE,
    api_key="your_key",
    model="claude-3-sonnet-20240229",
    max_tokens=1000,
    temperature=0.7
)

cortex.add_llm_provider(openai_config, is_primary=True)
cortex.add_llm_provider(claude_config, is_primary=False)  # Fallback

🤖 Open Agent Spec Integration

Cortex is designed as a drop-in replacement for standard OAS intelligence engines:

Basic OAS Configuration

name: "my_cortex_agent"
intelligence:
  type: "cortex"
  engine: "cortex-hybrid"
  config:
    processing_mode: "reactive"
    layer2_threshold: 0.6
    enable_layer3: true
    external_engine: "openai"
    external_model: "gpt-4"
    external_endpoint: "https://api.openai.com/v1"
    temperature: 0.7
    max_tokens: 150
    trigger_keywords: ["help", "urgent", "error", "assist"]

Response Format

Cortex returns OAS-compatible responses:

{
  "success": true,
  "response": "Analysis and response from Cortex",
  "actions": ["suggested_action_1", "suggested_action_2"],
  "metadata": {
    "layers_used": ["layer1", "layer2", "layer3"],
    "processing_time": 1.23,
    "confidence": 0.85,
    "cortex_stats": {
      "total_requests": 100,
      "layer2_only": 70,
      "layer3_triggered": 30,
      "average_response_time": 0.5
    },
    "triggered_layer3": true
  },
  "error": null
}

📖 For comprehensive OAS integration guide, see docs/OAS_INTEGRATION.md

📊 Monitoring and Metrics

Performance Statistics

# Get current status
status = cortex.get_status()
print(f"Performance metrics: {status['cortex']['performance_metrics']}")

# Get processing history
history = cortex.get_recent_history(limit=10)

# Reset metrics
cortex.reset_metrics()

📈 Example Output

Performance Statistics:
  Total Requests: 100
  Layer 2 Only: 70 (70.0%)
  Layer 3 Triggered: 30 (30.0%)
  Average Response Time: 0.5s

🔔 Callback System

async def on_high_priority(data):
    print(f"High priority reaction detected: {data}")

cortex.add_callback("on_reaction_decision", on_high_priority)

🛠️ Development

🧪 Running Tests

pip install pytest pytest-asyncio
python -m pytest tests/ -v

🚀 Running Examples

# Basic usage examples
python examples/basic_usage.py

# OAS integration examples
python examples/oas_integration_example.py

📁 Project Structure

cortex/
├── cortex/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── core.py              # Main Cortex class
│   ├── oas_integration.py   # OAS integration module
│   └── layers/
│       ├── __init__.py
│       ├── layer1.py        # Sensory processing
│       ├── layer2.py        # Interpretation and reaction decisions
│       └── layer3.py        # External LLM reasoning
├── examples/
│   ├── basic_usage.py       # Basic usage examples
│   └── oas_integration_example.py  # OAS integration examples
├── docs/
│   └── OAS_INTEGRATION.md   # Detailed OAS integration guide
├── tests/
│   └── test_basic.py        # Test suite
├── pyproject.toml           # Project configuration
└── README.md

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Add tests for new functionality
5. Run the test suite
6. Submit a pull request

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

📚 API Reference

🧠 Core Classes

• Cortex: Main intelligence engine
• SenseLayer: Layer 1 sensory processing
• InterpretationLayer: Layer 2 interpretation and reaction decisions
• ReasoningLayer: Layer 3 external LLM reasoning

🛠️ Utility Functions

• create_simple_cortex(): Quick Cortex setup
• create_cortex_function(): Create Open Agent Spec compatible function
• create_cortex_oas_intelligence(): Create OAS intelligence engine
• create_cortex_oas_function(): Create OAS-compatible function

⚙️ Configuration Classes

• CortexConfig: Main configuration
• CortexOASConfig: OAS-specific configuration
• LLMConfig: LLM provider configuration
• ProcessingMode: Processing mode enumeration

🎯 Use Cases

💰 Cost Optimization

• Problem: High LLM API costs for simple queries
• Solution: Cortex filters out simple requests
• Result: 60-80% cost reduction

⚡ Response Speed

• Problem: Slow responses for simple questions
• Solution: Layer 2 handles simple queries instantly
• Result: Sub-second responses for basic requests

🧠 Intelligent Routing

• Problem: All requests treated equally
• Solution: Cortex analyzes complexity and urgency
• Result: Appropriate resource allocation

🔄 Multi-modal Support

• Problem: Text-only intelligence engines
• Solution: Cortex handles text, images, and audio
• Result: Rich multi-modal interactions

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Cortex - Intelligent filtering for Open Agent Spec agents. 🧠⚡