CereOS V4
└── Event-Driven Cognitive Runtime
├── EventEnvelope
│ └── every user/tool/timer/memory/dream/approval signal becomes a typed event
│
├── EventQueue
│ └── durable per-user nervous system with priority, dedupe, and backpressure
│
├── Kernel
│ └── orchestrates cognition without owning memory, tools, or faculties directly
│
├── RuntimeLoop
│ └── observe → encode → propose → gate → act → appeal → log → learn → consolidate
│
├── ReflexRoute
│ ├── ActionRoute
│ │ └── fastest safe action/tool path
│ ├── ResponseRoute
│ │ └── fastest safe answer path
│ └── MemoryRoute
│ └── fastest reliable recall path
│
├── CortRoute
│ └── slower teacher/cortex path for uncertainty, novelty, risk, and deeper reasoning
│
├── Faculties
│ └── memory, value, planning, attention, wrongness, dream, self-model, affect, scheduler, growth
│
├── MemoryService
│ └── sole writer for semantic, episodic, procedural, timeline, and conversation memory
│
├── SafetyGates
│ └── risk, reversibility, approval, audit, defer, rollback
│
├── ToolLayer
│ └── Gmail, Calendar, files, browser, code, MCP apps, future robot/body tools
│
├── LearningSystem
│ └── teacher match, outcome success, confidence calibration, latency saved, route regret
│
├── GrowthSystem
│ └── proposes new faculties in shadow before gated promotion
│
└── UI
└── Chat, Memory, Timeline, Safety, Lab
CereOS V4
└── Event-Driven Cognitive Runtime
├── Core Identity
│ ├── Name
│ │ └── CereOS
│ ├── Runtime generation
│ │ └── V4 = event-driven autonomous runtime
│ ├── Current live base
│ │ ├── runtime_v2
│ │ ├── localhost :8765
│ │ ├── G12 generation baseline
│ │ ├── 34 faculties
│ │ ├── 28 ops routes
│ │ └── V3-like rollback available through CEREOS_EVENT_LOOP=0
│ └── Main idea
│ └── Cere proves cognition; CereOS installs cognition
│
├── Human Analogy Layer
│ ├── Kernel / routing
│ │ └── nervous system
│ ├── Cere / tiny local model
│ │ └── cerebellum / reflex intelligence
│ ├── Cort / large teacher model
│ │ └── cortex / slower verified intelligence
│ ├── Faculties
│ │ └── subconscious cognitive processors
│ ├── Memory substrate
│ │ └── hippocampus + long-term memory
│ ├── Safety gates
│ │ └── pain, inhibition, judgment, self-protection
│ ├── Tools / MCP apps
│ │ └── hands
│ └── UI
│ └── conscious surface / body readout
│
├── User Surface
│ ├── Chat tab
│ │ ├── user message enters runtime
│ │ ├── runtime reply exits here
│ │ └── shows live faculties involved in each answer
│ ├── Memory tab
│ │ ├── semantic memory
│ │ ├── episodic memory
│ │ ├── user facts
│ │ ├── conversation continuity
│ │ ├── memory confidence
│ │ └── memory provenance
│ ├── Timeline tab
│ │ ├── runtime events
│ │ ├── user turns
│ │ ├── memory changes
│ │ ├── tool results
│ │ ├── dreams / proposals
│ │ └── learning milestones
│ ├── Safety tab
│ │ ├── risk gates
│ │ ├── approval requests
│ │ ├── blocked actions
│ │ ├── audit traces
│ │ └── rollback controls
│ └── Lab tab
│ ├── experiments
│ ├── shadow faculties
│ ├── route tests
│ ├── learning metrics
│ ├── proposed faculties
│ └── sealed autonomy tests
│
├── External Inputs
│ ├── User message
│ │ └── direct chat / voice / app input
│ ├── Tool result
│ │ └── result from Gmail, calendar, file, MCP, browser, etc.
│ ├── Timer tick
│ │ └── scheduled wake-up event
│ ├── Internal signal
│ │ └── runtime-generated signal from a faculty
│ ├── Memory change
│ │ └── new fact, correction, deletion, consolidation, contradiction
│ ├── Initiative proposal
│ │ └── runtime wants to suggest or do something
│ ├── Dream result
│ │ └── offline / shadow imagination result
│ ├── Request popup
│ │ └── human approval needed
│ └── Approval response
│ └── user allows, denies, or modifies a proposed action
│
├── EventEnvelope
│ ├── event_id
│ ├── user_id
│ ├── session_id
│ ├── event_type
│ │ ├── user_message
│ │ ├── tool_result
│ │ ├── timer_tick
│ │ ├── internal_signal
│ │ ├── memory_change
│ │ ├── initiative_proposal
│ │ ├── dream_result
│ │ ├── request_popup
│ │ └── approval_response
│ ├── payload
│ ├── source
│ ├── timestamp
│ ├── priority
│ ├── reversibility
│ ├── risk_class
│ ├── causality_parent
│ ├── dedupe_key
│ ├── trace_id
│ └── policy_context
│
├── Event Queue
│ ├── Durable per-user queue
│ │ └── survives restarts
│ ├── Priority ordering
│ │ ├── safety events first
│ │ ├── user-visible events next
│ │ ├── tool results next
│ │ ├── memory changes next
│ │ ├── dreams / proposals lower priority
│ │ └── background learning lowest priority
│ ├── Backpressure
│ │ ├── prevents event storms
│ │ ├── prevents self-trigger loops
│ │ ├── rate limits internal events
│ │ └── pauses low-value work under load
│ ├── Deduplication
│ │ ├── repeated tool result collapse
│ │ ├── repeated memory signal collapse
│ │ ├── repeated timer collapse
│ │ └── repeated dream proposal collapse
│ └── EventSchedulerPolicy
│ ├── learns across events
│ ├── decides what should wake the runtime
│ ├── decides event priority
│ ├── learns which event types matter
│ └── not the same as ReflexRoute, which learns inside a turn
│
├── Kernel
│ ├── Role
│ │ ├── owns orchestration
│ │ ├── does not own memory facts
│ │ ├── does not hardcode faculties
│ │ ├── does not directly mutate personal state
│ │ └── sequences the cognitive loop
│ ├── Main responsibilities
│ │ ├── receive EventEnvelope
│ │ ├── load user runtime state
│ │ ├── call ReflexRoute
│ │ ├── call CortRoute when needed
│ │ ├── activate faculties
│ │ ├── enforce gates
│ │ ├── execute tools only through approved paths
│ │ ├── emit runtime trace
│ │ ├── log decision
│ │ └── feed learning signals
│ └── Kernel rule
│ └── kernel routes cognition; specialized systems own mechanisms
│
├── Runtime Loop
│ ├── observe
│ │ ├── read event
│ │ ├── read context
│ │ ├── read state
│ │ ├── read memory hints
│ │ └── detect event type
│ ├── encode
│ │ ├── convert event into internal representation
│ │ ├── classify intent
│ │ ├── classify risk
│ │ ├── classify reversibility
│ │ ├── classify memory relevance
│ │ └── classify route candidates
│ ├── propose
│ │ ├── ReflexRoute proposal
│ │ ├── faculty proposals
│ │ ├── memory proposals
│ │ ├── tool proposals
│ │ ├── response proposals
│ │ └── Cort proposal when needed
│ ├── gate
│ │ ├── safety check
│ │ ├── policy check
│ │ ├── confidence check
│ │ ├── reversibility check
│ │ ├── approval check
│ │ └── defer/escalate if unsafe
│ ├── act
│ │ ├── answer user
│ │ ├── call tool
│ │ ├── write approved memory
│ │ ├── create approval popup
│ │ ├── create internal event
│ │ └── abstain / escalate
│ ├── appeal
│ │ ├── second-pass review
│ │ ├── wrongness check
│ │ ├── contradiction check
│ │ ├── user correction handling
│ │ └── teacher arbitration
│ ├── log
│ │ ├── runtime trace
│ │ ├── decision log
│ │ ├── route log
│ │ ├── memory evidence log
│ │ ├── safety log
│ │ └── latency log
│ ├── learn
│ │ ├── route outcome learning
│ │ ├── latency learning
│ │ ├── confidence calibration
│ │ ├── memory retrieval learning
│ │ ├── user correction learning
│ │ ├── teacher comparison
│ │ └── regret signal
│ └── consolidate
│ ├── durable memory update
│ ├── skill promotion
│ ├── route certification update
│ ├── episodic summary
│ ├── semantic extraction
│ ├── timeline event
│ └── faculty growth candidate
│
├── ReflexRoute
│ ├── Purpose
│ │ └── fastest safe route through the runtime
│ ├── Principle
│ │ ├── go fast when certified
│ │ ├── abstain when uncertain
│ │ ├── escalate when high-risk
│ │ ├── learn from Cort
│ │ ├── learn from user corrections
│ │ └── get faster without becoming reckless
│ ├── Inputs
│ │ ├── event type
│ │ ├── user intent
│ │ ├── memory need
│ │ ├── tool need
│ │ ├── response need
│ │ ├── risk class
│ │ ├── reversibility
│ │ ├── prior route performance
│ │ ├── confidence calibration
│ │ └── latency budget
│ ├── Route learner
│ │ ├── predicts best route
│ │ ├── predicts confidence
│ │ ├── predicts latency
│ │ ├── predicts safety risk
│ │ ├── predicts teacher agreement
│ │ ├── tracks abstain rate
│ │ ├── tracks match rate
│ │ ├── tracks regret_ms
│ │ └── updates after each turn
│ ├── Certification layer
│ │ ├── route certs
│ │ ├── skill certs
│ │ ├── memory certs
│ │ ├── response certs
│ │ ├── tool certs
│ │ ├── TTL expiry
│ │ ├── evidence requirements
│ │ └── sampled audits
│ ├── Defer layer
│ │ ├── if confidence low → CortRoute
│ │ ├── if action risky → SafetyGate
│ │ ├── if memory uncertain → MemoryDeepSearch
│ │ ├── if irreversible → request_popup
│ │ ├── if unknown route → shadow only
│ │ └── if contradiction → AppealsCourt
│ │
│ ├── ActionRoute
│ │ ├── Purpose
│ │ │ └── fastest safe action/tool path
│ │ ├── Handles
│ │ │ ├── tool calls
│ │ │ ├── app actions
│ │ │ ├── MCP actions
│ │ │ ├── calendar actions
│ │ │ ├── Gmail actions
│ │ │ ├── file actions
│ │ │ ├── local runtime actions
│ │ │ └── future robot/body actions
│ │ ├── Fast path
│ │ │ ├── classify action
│ │ │ ├── check if action is known
│ │ │ ├── check if reversible
│ │ │ ├── check policy
│ │ │ ├── check user approval state
│ │ │ ├── check certification
│ │ │ ├── execute through tool adapter
│ │ │ ├── log result
│ │ │ └── learn from outcome
│ │ ├── Slow path
│ │ │ ├── ask Cort to interpret
│ │ │ ├── build action plan
│ │ │ ├── send through gates
│ │ │ ├── request approval if needed
│ │ │ └── execute only after approval
│ │ ├── Safety rules
│ │ │ ├── irreversible actions never silently execute
│ │ │ ├── destructive actions need approval
│ │ │ ├── external messages need approval unless explicitly requested
│ │ │ ├── money/legal/medical/high-impact actions escalate
│ │ │ ├── unknown tools run shadow/advisory first
│ │ │ └── tool result becomes new EventEnvelope
│ │ └── Learning
│ │ ├── action success
│ │ ├── action failure
│ │ ├── teacher correction
│ │ ├── user correction
│ │ ├── latency saved
│ │ ├── risk encountered
│ │ └── route promotion / demotion
│ │
│ ├── ResponseRoute
│ │ ├── Purpose
│ │ │ └── fastest safe answer path
│ │ ├── Handles
│ │ │ ├── simple replies
│ │ │ ├── known preference answers
│ │ │ ├── repeated patterns
│ │ │ ├── low-risk explanations
│ │ │ ├── style-preserving responses
│ │ │ ├── local reflex answers
│ │ │ └── teacher-backed answers
│ │ ├── Fast path
│ │ │ ├── classify prompt
│ │ │ ├── detect if answer is safe and known
│ │ │ ├── pull minimal needed memory
│ │ │ ├── draft answer locally
│ │ │ ├── check confidence
│ │ │ ├── check safety
│ │ │ ├── answer immediately
│ │ │ └── optionally audit against Cort
│ │ ├── Slow path
│ │ │ ├── Cort interprets user request
│ │ │ ├── Cort uses deeper reasoning
│ │ │ ├── memory and tools provide grounding
│ │ │ ├── answer composed
│ │ │ └── ReflexRoute learns from Cort output
│ │ ├── Response quality gates
│ │ │ ├── truthfulness gate
│ │ │ ├── user-context gate
│ │ │ ├── safety gate
│ │ │ ├── uncertainty gate
│ │ │ ├── contradiction gate
│ │ │ └── citation/evidence gate when needed
│ │ └── Learning
│ │ ├── did user accept answer?
│ │ ├── did user correct answer?
│ │ ├── did Cort disagree?
│ │ ├── was memory missing?
│ │ ├── was latency saved?
│ │ └── should route be certified?
│ │
│ └── MemoryRoute
│ ├── Purpose
│ │ └── fastest reliable recall path
│ ├── Handles
│ │ ├── user facts
│ │ ├── preferences
│ │ ├── prior conversations
│ │ ├── project state
│ │ ├── named entities
│ │ ├── corrections
│ │ ├── timelines
│ │ ├── episodic events
│ │ ├── semantic facts
│ │ └── internal cognitive traces
│ ├── Fast memory path
│ │ ├── classify recall request
│ │ ├── identify memory namespace
│ │ ├── check high-confidence typed memory
│ │ ├── check recent conversation buffer
│ │ ├── check semantic memory
│ │ ├── check episodic memory
│ │ ├── check project memory
│ │ ├── return answer if confidence high
│ │ └── log recall route
│ ├── Deep memory path
│ │ ├── reformulate query
│ │ ├── search multiple memory types
│ │ ├── search conversation history
│ │ ├── search vector memory
│ │ ├── search episodic timeline
│ │ ├── search semantic facts
│ │ ├── search internal notes / faculty traces
│ │ ├── search prior corrections
│ │ ├── compare conflicting memories
│ │ ├── rerank by evidence
│ │ ├── retry with adjusted search
│ │ └── only then admit uncertainty
│ ├── Critical rule
│ │ └── never default to hardcoded "I have no record of that"
│ ├── Better failure mode
│ │ ├── say what was checked
│ │ ├── say what was found
│ │ ├── say what remains uncertain
│ │ ├── ask for correction only when needed
│ │ └── convert correction into memory candidate
│ └── Learning
│ ├── which memory source answered fastest
│ ├── which source was reliable
│ ├── which query rewrite worked
│ ├── which memories were stale
│ ├── which memories contradicted
│ ├── which route saved latency
│ └── update future MemoryRoute policy
│
├── CortRoute
│ ├── Purpose
│ │ └── slower verified intelligence path
│ ├── Uses
│ │ ├── large teacher model
│ │ ├── deeper reasoning
│ │ ├── complex planning
│ │ ├── ambiguous interpretation
│ │ ├── novel tasks
│ │ ├── uncached memory search
│ │ ├── high-risk decisions
│ │ └── supervision for ReflexRoute
│ ├── Called when
│ │ ├── ReflexRoute abstains
│ │ ├── confidence is low
│ │ ├── safety risk is high
│ │ ├── action is irreversible
│ │ ├── memory conflict exists
│ │ ├── user asks for complex reasoning
│ │ ├── no certified skill exists
│ │ └── route has insufficient evidence
│ └── Output feeds
│ ├── user answer
│ ├── action plan
│ ├── memory candidate
│ ├── route label
│ ├── faculty activation signal
│ ├── safety explanation
│ └── ReflexRoute training signal
│
├── Cere Local Model
│ ├── Role
│ │ └── small fast reflex intelligence
│ ├── Handles
│ │ ├── certified routine actions
│ │ ├── repeated responses
│ │ ├── known memory lookups
│ │ ├── quick classification
│ │ ├── route prediction
│ │ └── latency-critical decisions
│ ├── Does not handle alone
│ │ ├── irreversible actions
│ │ ├── novel high-risk tools
│ │ ├── uncertain factual claims
│ │ ├── complex open-ended reasoning
│ │ ├── unresolved contradictions
│ │ └── low-confidence memory recall
│ └── Learns from
│ ├── Cort decisions
│ ├── user corrections
│ ├── tool outcomes
│ ├── memory outcomes
│ ├── safety denials
│ ├── latency measurements
│ └── route regret
│
├── Faculty System
│ ├── Faculty registry
│ │ ├── lists available faculties
│ │ ├── stores active/shadow/sealed state
│ │ ├── exposes ops views
│ │ ├── supports boot evaluation
│ │ └── does not force faculty activation by itself
│ ├── Faculty modes
│ │ ├── disabled
│ │ ├── observe_only
│ │ ├── shadow
│ │ ├── advisory
│ │ ├── gated_active
│ │ └── autonomous_after_certification
│ ├── Core cognitive faculties
│ │ ├── Reflex
│ │ │ └── learned fast route / action / answer behavior
│ │ ├── Skills
│ │ │ └── verified macros promoted through evidence
│ │ ├── Memory
│ │ │ └── recall, write candidates, consolidation
│ │ ├── Attention
│ │ │ └── salience, focus, what matters now
│ │ ├── Value
│ │ │ └── predicts success, cost, risk, takeover need
│ │ ├── Planning
│ │ │ └── multi-step future action structure
│ │ ├── Search / Imagination
│ │ │ └── tests possible futures before acting
│ │ ├── Knowledge
│ │ │ └── stable domain understanding
│ │ ├── Hypothesis
│ │ │ └── forms possible explanations
│ │ ├── Abstraction
│ │ │ └── compresses patterns into reusable concepts
│ │ ├── Creativity
│ │ │ └── proposes novel combinations
│ │ ├── Wrongness
│ │ │ └── detects that something feels off
│ │ ├── AppealsCourt
│ │ │ └── reviews contested outputs/actions
│ │ ├── Dream
│ │ │ └── background proposal/imagination engine
│ │ ├── SelfModel
│ │ │ └── tracks what the runtime knows about itself
│ │ ├── Interoception
│ │ │ └── tracks runtime health/load/state
│ │ ├── AffectTrace
│ │ │ └── tracks emotional/relational tone of interactions
│ │ ├── Timeline
│ │ │ └── orders events into lived history
│ │ ├── ConversationalContinuity
│ │ │ └── keeps thread-level continuity beyond short buffer
│ │ ├── Scheduler
│ │ │ └── decides when to wake/check/continue
│ │ ├── ScientificDiscovery
│ │ │ └── proposes research questions and experiments
│ │ ├── SelfImprovement
│ │ │ └── proposes runtime improvements
│ │ └── FacultyCreation
│ │ └── proposes new cognitive faculties under gates
│ └── Faculty output types
│ ├── observation
│ ├── proposal
│ ├── route hint
│ ├── memory candidate
│ ├── safety warning
│ ├── uncertainty signal
│ ├── tool plan
│ ├── response draft
│ ├── learning signal
│ └── growth candidate
│
├── Memory Architecture
│ ├── State ownership rule
│ │ ├── default deny
│ │ ├── personal data lives under user/<user_id>/
│ │ ├── global state only for non-personal calibration
│ │ ├── MemoryService is sole writer
│ │ └── kernel cannot directly write user memory
│ ├── Memory types
│ │ ├── Working memory
│ │ │ └── current turn context
│ │ ├── Recent message buffer
│ │ │ └── short conversation window
│ │ ├── Conversation-search memory
│ │ │ └── searchable prior conversation history
│ │ ├── Semantic memory
│ │ │ └── stable facts and preferences
│ │ ├── Episodic memory
│ │ │ └── events, moments, conversations, outcomes
│ │ ├── Procedural memory
│ │ │ └── skills, routes, repeated actions
│ │ ├── Project memory
│ │ │ └── CereOS, Cere, Biteme, Tap, Refillo, etc.
│ │ ├── Affective memory
│ │ │ └── emotional/relational context
│ │ ├── Internal cognitive memory
│ │ │ └── shared faculty thoughts/signals
│ │ ├── Vector memory
│ │ │ └── semantic similarity search
│ │ ├── Timeline memory
│ │ │ └── ordered life/runtime events
│ │ └── Audit memory
│ │ └── why decisions happened
│ ├── Memory write pipeline
│ │ ├── candidate proposed
│ │ ├── validator checks evidence
│ │ ├── policy checks sensitivity
│ │ ├── conflict detector checks contradictions
│ │ ├── MemoryService commits
│ │ ├── timeline event emitted
│ │ └── memory_change EventEnvelope created
│ ├── Memory read pipeline
│ │ ├── query classified
│ │ ├── namespace selected
│ │ ├── fast route attempted
│ │ ├── deep search if needed
│ │ ├── evidence ranked
│ │ ├── confidence computed
│ │ ├── answer grounded
│ │ └── recall route learned
│ └── Memory correction pipeline
│ ├── user correction detected
│ ├── old memory located
│ ├── conflict recorded
│ ├── new candidate created
│ ├── validator checks correction
│ ├── memory updated
│ ├── route punished if recall failed
│ └── future route improved
│
├── Safety Architecture
│ ├── RiskGate
│ │ ├── checks risk level
│ │ ├── blocks unsafe actions
│ │ ├── escalates uncertain actions
│ │ └── logs safety decision
│ ├── DeferGate
│ │ ├── decides fast path allowed or not
│ │ ├── blocks low-confidence reflexes
│ │ ├── sends uncertain work to Cort
│ │ └── prevents reckless autonomy
│ ├── ReversibilityGate
│ │ ├── reversible action can be faster
│ │ ├── irreversible action needs approval
│ │ ├── destructive action needs approval
│ │ └── unknown reversibility escalates
│ ├── ApprovalGate
│ │ ├── creates request_popup
│ │ ├── waits for approval_response
│ │ ├── stores approval state
│ │ └── resumes action only if approved
│ ├── AuditGate
│ │ ├── samples fast actions
│ │ ├── compares to Cort
│ │ ├── catches drift
│ │ ├── expires bad certs
│ │ └── feeds teacher signal
│ ├── Safety invariants
│ │ ├── no silent irreversible actions
│ │ ├── no personal state in global storage
│ │ ├── no tool execution outside gate
│ │ ├── no memory write outside MemoryService
│ │ ├── no autonomy without evidence
│ │ ├── no event storm loops
│ │ └── rollback always available
│ └── Safety outputs
│ ├── allow
│ ├── block
│ ├── defer_to_Cort
│ ├── request_user_approval
│ ├── shadow_only
│ ├── require_more_evidence
│ └── rollback
│
├── Tool / MCP Layer
│ ├── Principle
│ │ └── apps are tools, not faculties
│ ├── Tool types
│ │ ├── Gmail
│ │ ├── Calendar
│ │ ├── Contacts
│ │ ├── Files
│ │ ├── Browser
│ │ ├── Code tools
│ │ ├── Local runtime tools
│ │ ├── Future robot/body tools
│ │ └── External MCP apps
│ ├── Tool call path
│ │ ├── action intent detected
│ │ ├── ActionRoute proposes tool
│ │ ├── safety class assigned
│ │ ├── reversibility checked
│ │ ├── approval requested if needed
│ │ ├── executor calls tool
│ │ ├── tool result returned
│ │ └── tool_result event enters queue
│ └── Tool learning
│ ├── which tools succeed
│ ├── which tools are slow
│ ├── which tools need approval
│ ├── which tools are risky
│ └── which tool routes can become certified
│
├── Learning System
│ ├── Teacher learning
│ │ ├── Cort provides ground truth
│ │ ├── ReflexRoute compares itself
│ │ ├── match increases confidence
│ │ ├── mismatch lowers confidence
│ │ └── repeated match can certify route
│ ├── Outcome learning
│ │ ├── did action succeed?
│ │ ├── did answer satisfy user?
│ │ ├── did memory recall work?
│ │ ├── did safety catch issue?
│ │ └── did route save latency?
│ ├── Calibration
│ │ ├── confidence vs correctness
│ │ ├── latency vs accuracy
│ │ ├── route match rate
│ │ ├── abstain rate
│ │ ├── regret_ms
│ │ └── safety conflict count
│ ├── Skill promotion
│ │ ├── observe
│ │ ├── shadow
│ │ ├── advisory
│ │ ├── gated active
│ │ ├── certified
│ │ └── autonomous only after evidence
│ ├── Scheduler learning
│ │ ├── learns which events deserve wake-up
│ │ ├── learns priority
│ │ ├── learns timing
│ │ ├── learns suppression
│ │ └── learns from event outcomes
│ └── Growth learning
│ ├── detects missing faculty need
│ ├── proposes new faculty
│ ├── tests in shadow
│ ├── evaluates usefulness
│ ├── promotes only with evidence
│ └── logs as runtime evolution
│
├── Autonomy Levels
│ ├── Level 0
│ │ └── disabled / no action
│ ├── Level 1
│ │ └── observe only
│ ├── Level 2
│ │ └── shadow proposal only
│ ├── Level 3
│ │ └── advisory suggestion
│ ├── Level 4
│ │ └── gated execution
│ ├── Level 5
│ │ └── certified reflex execution
│ └── Level 6
│ └── autonomous but bounded, audited, and reversible where possible
│
├── Growth / Self-Extension
│ ├── FacultyCreation
│ │ ├── detects repeated missing cognitive function
│ │ ├── writes faculty proposal
│ │ ├── defines inputs
│ │ ├── defines outputs
│ │ ├── defines safety envelope
│ │ ├── defines success metric
│ │ ├── defines evals
│ │ ├── runs in shadow
│ │ └── requests human promotion
│ ├── Example new faculty path
│ │ ├── repeated memory failure detected
│ │ ├── proposes ConversationalContinuityFaculty
│ │ ├── tests against recall QA
│ │ ├── compares to old MemoryRoute
│ │ ├── proves lower miss rate
│ │ ├── proves no safety regression
│ │ └── becomes gated faculty
│ └── Growth safety
│ ├── no self-modifying live behavior without gate
│ ├── no new faculty active by default
│ ├── no tool permission expansion silently
│ ├── no memory permission expansion silently
│ ├── shadow first
│ ├── eval first
│ └── human approval before promotion
│
├── Observability
│ ├── Runtime trace
│ │ ├── observe
│ │ ├── encode
│ │ ├── propose
│ │ ├── gate
│ │ ├── act
│ │ ├── appeal
│ │ ├── log
│ │ ├── learn
│ │ └── consolidate
│ ├── Decision log
│ │ ├── selected route
│ │ ├── rejected routes
│ │ ├── confidence
│ │ ├── latency
│ │ ├── safety gates
│ │ ├── memory evidence
│ │ ├── teacher comparison
│ │ └── outcome
│ ├── Ops views
│ │ ├── faculties_view
│ │ ├── audit_view
│ │ ├── growth_view
│ │ ├── memory_view
│ │ ├── timeline_view
│ │ ├── safety_view
│ │ └── lab_view
│ └── Metrics
│ ├── latency_ms
│ ├── fast_path_rate
│ ├── match_rate
│ ├── abstain_rate
│ ├── teacher_route_count
│ ├── safety_conflicts
│ ├── regret_ms
│ ├── memory_hit_rate
│ ├── memory_retry_success
│ ├── tool_success_rate
│ └── route_certification_count
│
├── Failure Handling
│ ├── Reflex failure
│ │ ├── abstain
│ │ ├── call Cort
│ │ ├── lower route confidence
│ │ └── require more evidence
│ ├── Memory failure
│ │ ├── broaden search
│ │ ├── query alternate memory type
│ │ ├── inspect contradictions
│ │ ├── report uncertainty honestly
│ │ └── learn from correction
│ ├── Tool failure
│ │ ├── capture tool_result
│ │ ├── retry only if safe
│ │ ├── escalate if user-visible
│ │ └── mark tool route unreliable
│ ├── Event storm
│ │ ├── dedupe
│ │ ├── backpressure
│ │ ├── suppress internal loop
│ │ └── log storm source
│ ├── Safety failure
│ │ ├── freeze route
│ │ ├── expire cert
│ │ ├── require approval
│ │ ├── audit
│ │ └── rollback if needed
│ └── Runtime rollback
│ ├── disable event loop
│ ├── return to V3-like user-message-only behavior
│ ├── preserve state
│ └── keep safety gates active
│
└── Final Shape
├── CereOS is not just a chatbot
│ └── it is an event-driven cognitive runtime
├── ReflexRoute is not separate from V4
│ └── it is the nervous-system routing layer inside V4
├── ActionRoute
│ └── fastest safe action/tool path
├── ResponseRoute
│ └── fastest safe answer path
├── MemoryRoute
│ └── fastest reliable recall path
├── CortRoute
│ └── slower verified reasoning path
├── Faculties
│ └── modular subconscious cognition
├── Event loop
│ └── lets CereOS wake from more than user messages
├── Safety
│ └── keeps autonomy bounded
├── Memory
│ └── gives continuity across time
├── Learning
│ └── makes the runtime faster and more reliable
└── Growth
└── lets CereOS eventually propose new faculties for itself