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Cortex Bot is an always-on teammate. Where Chat answers and Code changes a repository, a bot does things on a desktop: opens a browser, clicks through a flow, reads files, runs a shell command, and reports back in a few short messages. You can watch its screen while it works, and it asks before it does anything consequential. Bots belong to a signed-in account. Your bots are listed once, in the sidebar; the pane is the open bot — conversation in the middle, its computer on the right.
Cortex Bot public page — a bot with its own computer

cortex.foundation/bot — the public product page a guest sees. Sign in to create a bot.

Cortex Bot feature grid — A real desktop not a transcript, Your bots listed once, Plugins you chose, One product one sign-in

The public Bot page's four commitments: a real desktop, your bots listed once, plugins you chose, one product and one sign-in.

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What a bot is

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Start here

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Quickstart

Sign in, create a bot, open its computer, give it a first task.

Computer

A live desktop on a Cloud guest — screen, browser, files.

Bot desktop

A desktop app built around agents, routines, and channels — no Chat or Code sidebar.

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Create your first bot

1

Sign in

Bots are member objects. A guest sees the public product page at /bot.
2

Create a bot

An account with no bots yet gets the setup form, not an empty list. Give the bot a name and, if it helps, a description of the job.
3

Open its computer

On the Computer rail choose Open desktop. The Cloud guest starts — the rail reads Connecting while it does — and the live desktop appears: screen, browser, files.
4

Give it a task

Describe the job in the conversation.
The bot works on its desktop while you watch. It reports back in short messages rather than a transcript of every click.
5

Approve — or decline — a parked step

When the bot reaches a consequential action — changing something in a connected app, or a dangerous computer step — it parks and shows Allow / Deny / Always. Nothing runs until you choose. See Approvals.
6

Put it on a schedule (optional)

Add a routine for work you want repeated. Routines fire in your local weekday hours. See Routines.
7

Let it sleep

Choose Sleep on the Computer rail when you are done. The next task wakes the guest before the bot is prompted.

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Core guides

Computer

A live desktop on a Cloud guest, not a screenshot slideshow. Open desktop, Sleep, and the three hosts.

Tools

The parent catalog — shell, computer use, browser, web, memory, skills, messaging, nested tasks.

Approvals

Allow / Deny / Always. Nothing consequential runs until you choose.

Routines

Scheduled work on a bot you own, on your local weekday hours.

Skills

First-party instruction bundles a bot can follow.

Connected apps

A connection reaches Chat, Bot, or both — you pick, under Customize → Connectors.

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Give the bot tools

Under Customize → Connectors, connect an app and make it available to Cortex Bot (or to both Chat and Bot). A bot never inherits a connection you did not assign. See Tools and connectors.

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Good first tasks

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Advanced

  • How Bot works — user-visible bubbles only, no round counter, waking a hibernated guest.
  • Bot troubleshooting — Connecting versus Stream Unavailable, parked steps, the setup form.
  • Security and privacy — what Cortex stores and where a bot’s computer runs.

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Next

  1. Bot quickstart — create a bot and give it a first task.
  2. Computer — open the desktop, and choose a host.
  3. Approvals — decide what a bot may do without asking.
  4. Routines — put repeated work on a schedule.