The Cortex station is the AI's front door, one tab away everywhere in Brainis.
The layout
The station is a conversation. Above the input, chips take you to the other Cortex surfaces:
- ›Plays - the play library, also opened with the C hotkey.
- ›Agents - your AI agents and managers.
- ›Fleet - the run log of everything AI has executed.
- ›Memory - what Cortex knows about your company.
- ›Deep Cortex - the full analysis module.
Conversations
Conversations persist and are searchable, so a thread about Q3 planning stays a thread. Cortex will ask clarifying questions when a request is ambiguous rather than guessing - answering them costs nothing extra.
Asking well
Grounded questions get grounded answers. "What is our win rate on deals over $10k this quarter" uses your Revenue OS data; "how do I improve win rates" gets general reasoning framed by your context. Both are useful; know which one you are asking for.
From answer to action
When an answer implies work - "these five deals need follow-up" - Cortex offers next steps: create the tasks, draft the follow-ups, or hand the thread to an agent. Anything that writes data goes through the approvals machinery at your configured autonomy level.
Pro Tip: Deep analyses (about 10 credits) are worth reserving for questions where you would pay an analyst an hour: churn drivers, pricing scenarios, pipeline truth. For quick lookups, quick answers (2 credits) are the right tool.