Documentation
Cortex is a Base-native protocol for agentic commerce. These docs cover the full stack: smart contracts, merchant and service discovery, payment policy, quote commitments, receipts, disputes, offchain services, APIs, and deployment.
Local Development
Run the full stack locally in under 5 minutes.
Examples
Merchant onboarding, agent accounts, policies, quotes, receipts, and SDK usage.
SDK Examples
TypeScript flows for discovery, quotes, payments, receipts, disputes, and reputation.
Product Onboarding
Guided workspace for merchant profiles, service catalogs, agent policy, and quote acceptance.
Value Proposition and Use Cases
Strategic positioning, customer segments, use cases, wedges, and product gaps.
Architecture
System diagram, data flow, and database schema.
Contracts
Identity, policy, intent, participant, attestation, and commerce contract reference.
REST API
Endpoints for agents, intents, policies, commerce, analytics, and transaction explanations.
MCP Server
Model Context Protocol tools for AI agent integration.
Design Decisions
Key architectural choices and their tradeoffs.
Security
Threat model, mitigations, and invariants.