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03.1 Cortex Engine: Design Specification

Status: Baseline Certified (Evergreen) Version: 2.0 (Forensic & Multidimensional) Date: Jan 12, 2026 Parent: Unified Directory

1. The Forensic Story Arc

The Cerebral Cortex is structured as a narrative engine that answers the fundamental questions of community accountability:

  • Who: Identity & Persona verification beyond usernames.
  • What: Physical stake (Deeds, Units, Common Assets).
  • When: Operational logs of service and maintenance.
  • Where: Spatial metadata (Buildings, Floors, Contexts).
  • Why: Legislative mandate (Governance Resolutions).
  • How Much: Fiduciary traceability (Payments, Voting Weights).

2. The 4-Axis Community Ontology

Relationships are resolved along four primary axes to allow "Rubik's Cube" axis-switching:

  1. Ownership: Financial interest and voting power (Gold Axis).
  2. Residency: Physical occupancy and usage rights (Blue Axis).
  3. Operations: Service delivery and facility management (Emerald Axis).
  4. Governance: Legislative mandates and fiduciary oversight (Purple Axis).

3. The Forensic Path Matrix

The system distinguishes between canonical and anomalous relationship paths to identify community friction.

Pattern Scenario Classification
Owner -> Unit Resident-owned property. Canonical
HOA -> Board -> Asset Fiduciary delegation of plant assets. Canonical
Silent PM -> Multiple Units Informal Hotel Program: Multi-owner consolidation. Anomalous
Owner (>10%) -> Board Concentration Risk: Excessive voting power. Anomalous
Board Member -> PM Role Conflict of Interest: Operational overlap. Invalid/Alert

4. Visual Language: Currents of Accountability

The Cortex uses dynamic SVG pulsing to simulate "as-built" reality.

  • Pulse Layer: SVG bezier curves connecting pivots to neighbor nodes.
  • Accountability Pulse: An animated current traveling from Pivot to Target on hover.
  • Search -> Match -> Bloom: A cinematic transition from intent (Search) to result (Bloom).

5. Risk & Conflict Analytics (Cortex-Anomaly)

The engine identifies "Deep Friction" via pattern matching:

  • Silent Hotel Detection: Identifying when multiple units converge on a single unauthorized operator.
  • Tycoon Detection: Flagging over-concentration of Indiviso (Voting Weight).
  • COI Alerts: Highlighting nodes with overlapping Governance and Operations roles.

Certified Evergreen Jan 12, 2026. This specification reconciles all forensic discoveries from Phase 6.

Version History

Version Date Author Change
0.1.0 2026-01-26 Antigravity Initial Audit & Metadata Injection