Features

Everything a local workbench should do

Six capabilities, one assistant. Each one is a plugin or service loaded by the Matbot runtime — swap, extend, or remove them per workspace.

CHAT

Local chat

A fast, familiar conversation surface in your browser, powered entirely by the runtime on your machine.

  • Conversations stay in their workspace
  • Choose providers per workspace or conversation
  • Keep the browser as a simple, familiar control surface
PROVIDERS

Provider selection

Switch between OpenAI-compatible providers without changing the rest of the workspace. Hosted endpoints and local models can coexist.

  • Configuration defines which providers load
  • Local models are welcome
  • Workspace policy keeps choices explicit
MEMORY

Durable memory

Facts, skills, and Mem0-backed memory persist per workspace, so useful context stays useful without becoming shared context.

  • Memory remains scoped to the active workspace
  • Skills are part of the composed runtime
  • Compliance can audit each workspace on its own terms
FILES

Controlled file access

Local services expose safe file indexing and safe file access — governed, auditable, and never a free-for-all.

  • Explicit file scope rather than broad machine access
  • Local indexing services support retrieval
  • Workspace configuration documents what is available
RAG

Markdown RAG

Workspace markdown and indexed files come back through retrieval layers, including contextual search.

  • Persistent indexes stay local
  • Retrieval is isolated by workspace
  • Documentation and project files remain under your control
EXPERTS

Expert panel

Select domain experts to answer independently, then synthesize their opinions into one decision with citations.

  • Run legal, security, finance, compliance, and operations experts in parallel
  • Choose the panel per question
  • Receive one synthesized, cited answer

Under the hood

Matbot stays the runtime. Cortex is the shell.

Cortex is the product shell configured in this repository: the WebUI branding, PowerShell launch scripts, workspace registry, local services, and the default plugin set. Matbot remains the underlying runtime and plugin system — so anything Matbot can load, Cortex can become.

WebUIProduct control surface
Workspace registryIsolated local worlds
Plugin setComposable capabilities
Local servicesFiles, memory, retrieval

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