# Cortex OS CTO

This workspace holds child-local planning for a Cortex OS CTO product surface.

The current thesis:

```text
Cortex governs.
Hermes controls.
CTO routes.
Case executes.
Harness proves.
Target repo stays owned.
Evidence records.
Core promotes only through SOT route.
```

## Status

This workspace is registered as a child-local planning workspace. Registration does not grant Core authority.

## Layout

```text
.
|-- AGENTS.md
|-- README.md
|-- WORKBOARD.yaml
|-- sot/
|   |-- 00-START/
|   |   `-- CTO-WORKSPACE-INTENT.md
|   `-- 03-PROTOCOLS/
|       |-- CTO-CASE-BACKEND-BRIEF.md
|       |-- CTO-CASE-CANDIDATE-BACKEND-PRD.md
|       |-- CTO-CASE-CANDIDATE-BACKEND-ISSUES.md
|       |-- CTO-HARNESS-EVIDENCE-INTERFACE-CONTRACT.md
|       `-- CTO-CASE-SOURCE-ADMISSION-RECORD.md
`-- tools/
    `-- validate_cto_child.py
```

## Local Validation

```bash
python3 tools/validate_cto_child.py
```