# cortex

Personal knowledge vault plugin for Claude Code — session recording, memory distillation, and hybrid semantic + BM25 retrieval.

- Tier: Indexed (plain plugin)
- Category: Productivity
- Page: https://www.flowy.sh/listings/xbluesky-cortexes
- Source: https://github.com/XBlueSky/cortexes
- Price: free and open source

## Summary
cortex is a Claude Code plugin with 6 hand-picked skills for productivity work, indexed on Flowy. Install it with the command on its page. It includes cortex-broadcast, cortex-distill, cortex-evolve. Its skills do not fire on their own yet. Request auto-invocation to have Flowy route them as you prompt. Free and open source.

## Install (Claude Code)
```
npx -y skills add xbluesky/cortexes
```

## Skills
- cortex-broadcast
- cortex-distill
- cortex-evolve
- cortex-query
- cortex-takeoff
- using-cortex

## FAQ

### What is cortex?
Personal knowledge vault plugin for Claude Code — session recording, memory distillation, and hybrid semantic + BM25 retrieval.

### How do I install cortex?
Run these in Claude Code: npx -y skills add xbluesky/cortexes. Then prompt normally.

### Does cortex auto-invoke its skills?
Not yet. It is indexed on Flowy as a plain plugin. Request auto-invocation on its page and Flowy will route its skills for you as you prompt.

### Is cortex free?
Yes. Flowy is free and open source, with nothing gated. You can read every skill in full before you install.