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Workforce Playbook & Architecture Guide

The interactive reference guide to Cortex’s 4 layers, systematic deduplicated hiring, and multi-tenant governance.

Layer 1270 Personas

Agent Templates

packages/agent-template-catalog

270 battle-tested role personas across 17 divisions. The genetic DNA.

Layer 225+ Skills

Modular Skills

packages/skills-catalog

Pluggable capability toolbelts (git, testing, browser, docs).

Layer 3Bundled Squads

Teams & Squads

packages/teams-catalog

Multi-agent org scaffolds, reporting trees, and recurring tasks.

Layer 4Active Plane

Workforce Runtime

paperclip-cortex control plane

Single-assignee task locks, loopback heartbeats, and board approvals.

Layer 1: Genetic Blueprints

The Agent Template Catalog (`packages/agent-template-catalog`)

Originally curated from the msitarzewski/agency-agents project, VNBX vendored, normalized, and cryptographically signed all 270 role templates. Each template defines the role charter, domain constraints, default capabilities, and baseline system prompt.

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Solidity Smart Contract Engineer

solidity-smart-contract-engineer

Specialist in EVM smart contract architecture, security audits, and gas optimization.

Governance Charter (from template.yaml):

β€œAudits contract bytecode, verifies reentrancy guards, and enforces non-negotiable formal verification before deployment.”

Engine: codex_localSkills: qa-audit, github-pr-workflow

Rust Refactoring Specialist

rust-refactoring-specialist

Expert in memory safety, lifetime ergonomics, and high-throughput async Rust systems.

Governance Charter (from template.yaml):

β€œRefactors legacy async code to idiomatic tokio/tower paradigms while guaranteeing zero compile warnings and zero clippy lints.”

Engine: codex_localSkills: doc-maintenance, github-pr-workflow

DevOps Automator

devops-automator

Automates CI/CD runners, Kubernetes clusters, and Docker container lifecycle management.

Governance Charter (from template.yaml):

β€œMaintains GitHub Actions ARC fleets, manages DOCR container builds, and enforces hermetic deployment hygiene.”

Engine: codex_localSkills: github-pr-workflow, qa-acceptance