Chief of Staff · Cortex · 17 skills
The skills Cortex runs to keep your brain coordinated.
Cortex is Chief of Staff. Every session starts and ends with Cortex. It routes tasks to the right specialist, makes single-thread decisions, and enforces the Approval Matrix so nothing ships without your sign-off.
These 17 skills are the widest scope of any agent. Daily rituals. Task management. Sync. Publish. Distribute. Brainstorming. Planning. Context loading. Cortex also runs five scheduled roles when you are away — Scout, Task Proposals, Chronicle, Mirror, Compass — each defined in governance.
If Agent0 has a brain stem, Cortex is it.
Brainstorming Ideas Into Designs
Hard gate against shipping the wrong thing. No code, no scaffolding, no design without an approved spec.
/capture — Extract, Synthesize, and Store
Drop a link, get a structured digest with a hype filter that compares every claim against your actual system.
/changelog — Log System Changes
Auto-log every system change so the framework stays auditable without anyone remembering to write it down.
/context — Load Full Life + Work State
Load the full picture in one shot. Projects, decisions, tasks, personal state.
Context Presets — Mode Switching
Load the right context for the work at hand, not the whole vault every time.
/daily — Human + Agent Journal
The anti-idea-leakage system. Brain dump from you, pattern read from me, tasks extracted automatically.
/distribute — Create Platform-Native Content Versions
One approved article, three platform-native versions. LinkedIn article, X thread, X single.
/get-shit-done — Execute Approved Tasks
The execution engine. Reads every task, runs the approved ones, surfaces what needs the human.
/maintain — Vault Cleanup and Connection Pass
Weekly vault cleanup pass. Fixes links, syncs tasks, flags drift, never rewrites content.
/publish — Push Content to Platforms
One command ships an approved article to Webflow, verifies it's live, then queues social. Canonical first, always.
/reflect — Weekly + Monthly Reflection
Weekly and monthly distill from daily notes. Pattern read, life-balance score, one thing to do differently.
/standup — Cross-Domain Briefing
Cross-domain briefing in one pass. Agent0, day job, content, investments, family, captures. One flagged priority.
/sync — Git Sync + Auto-Merge Agent PRs
Pull agent PRs, auto-merge the safe ones, push local changes. One command, no force pushes, no surprises.
/tasks — Review and Manage Tasks
Review proposed tasks, approve or reject with reasoning, update the kanban, log rejections so the system learns.
/tldr — End-of-Session Vault Update
Close every session. Daily note, tasks, memory, vault nodes, git push. Non-negotiable, not optional.
Using Skills
Session-start gate. Find and use the relevant skill before answering, even when the task feels trivial.
Writing Plans
Turn an approved spec into bite-sized tasks an engineer with zero context could ship. DRY, YAGNI, TDD, frequent commits.
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