Agent Catalog
Cortex ships with 29 active agents organized by domain. Agents are specialized personas with specific expertise and capabilities.
Architecture & Design
| Agent |
Purpose |
architect-review |
Architecture review and validation |
cloud-architect |
Cloud infrastructure design (AWS, Azure, GCP) |
component-architect |
Component design and architecture |
state-architect |
State management architecture |
Code Quality
| Agent |
Purpose |
code-reviewer |
Code quality analysis |
debugger |
Issue diagnosis and resolution |
performance-monitor |
Performance monitoring and analysis |
frontend-optimizer |
Frontend performance optimization |
Security
| Agent |
Purpose |
security-auditor |
Security assessment and vulnerability scanning |
Database
| Agent |
Purpose |
database-admin |
Database administration and operations |
database-optimizer |
Database performance optimization |
postgres-expert |
PostgreSQL expertise |
sql-pro |
SQL expertise |
Language Specialists
| Agent |
Purpose |
javascript-pro |
JavaScript expertise |
typescript-pro |
TypeScript expertise |
python-pro |
Python expertise |
rust-pro |
Rust expertise |
Frontend
| Agent |
Purpose |
react-specialist |
React best practices |
tailwind-expert |
Tailwind CSS expertise |
ui-ux-designer |
UI/UX design and user experience |
Testing
| Agent |
Purpose |
test-automator |
Test automation and generation |
vitest-expert |
Vitest testing framework |
Infrastructure
| Agent |
Purpose |
kubernetes-architect |
Kubernetes orchestration |
websocket-engineer |
WebSocket implementation |
rest-expert |
REST API design |
Coordination
| Agent |
Purpose |
orchestrator |
High-level planning and delegation |
context-manager |
Context and session management |
memory-keeper |
Memory vault curation |
docs-architect |
Documentation architecture |
Activation
Agents activate through several mechanisms:
- Trigger-based – defined in
agents/triggers.yaml
- AI recommendation – confidence-scored suggestions
- Manual –
cortex agent activate <name>
- Dependency-driven – pulled in by
agents/dependencies.map
Dependency Graph
View agent dependencies:
cortex agent graph
cortex agent graph --export dependency-map.md
Inactive Agents
Additional agents are available in inactive/agents/. Move them to agents/ to activate:
# Via TUI
cortex tui # Press 1 for Agents view
# Via file system
mv inactive/agents/<name>.md agents/