It reviews the work, not the prompt
Cortex reads real transcripts and outcomes - what was asked, what the agent did, where it stalled or escalated - rather than guessing from a configuration file.
Olano Cortex
The conversation ends. The thinking does not.
Cortex reads what your agents actually did, finds the patterns, and acts on them - on a schedule, without being asked. It ships with Fully Autonomous on, so improvements land on their own - every one logged, and what a phase applies itself snapshotted with one-click undo. Rewriting an agent's own instructions, sending anything outside, and anything irreversible wait for a person in either mode. If you would rather sign off on everything, turn Fully Autonomous off and the same work queues for you to approve, defer or reject.
Olano Cortex
It studies the day your agents just had.
Most AI tools forget the day they just had. Cortex studies it: what was decided, what repeated, what is missing, and what deserves a closer look - then turns that into sharper memory, reusable skills, researched ideas and proposals for your review.
Cadence you set - relaxed, balanced or aggressive
Self-edits queue for approval, never auto-apply
Every change logged; what it applies itself, snapshotted with one-click undo
Daily reasoning budget, capped in advance
It runs whether or not you open the dashboard
Each phase is scheduled at a cadence you pick - relaxed, balanced or aggressive. The Think button runs the same phases on demand; it is the manual override, not the main path.
Fully autonomous, or every change signed off
One switch, and it is yours. Left on - the default - Cortex applies what it learns as it learns it: skills, sharper memory, better procedures, each logged and reversible, with the scheduled passes running behind a snapshot you can undo in one click. Three things wait for you in either mode: a rewrite of the agent's own instructions, anything sent outside your deployment, and anything that cannot be undone. Turned off, every output waits in a queue with the reason and the conversations that prompted it attached, and you approve, defer or reject each one.
It writes memory and skills
The output is not advice. It is sharper memory, reusable skills and better procedures written into the agent that needed them.
You set the pace and the budget
Cadence, daily budget and which phases run are yours to set per agent, so the improvement loop costs what you decide it costs.
Read the manual
Settings, phases, budgets and self-checks are documented in full in the Cortex chapter.
Create your first agent.
Cortex is included on every Olano Cloud plan, from $10/month.