The Cognitive Kernel
The kernel coordinates execution without absorbing the specialized responsibilities of agents.
Scheduler
Prioritizes tasks, deadlines, retries and execution budgets.
Event Bus
Moves typed objects between independent capabilities.
Identity
Provides stable identity for tasks, objects, actors and runs.
Contracts
Defines required fields, states and permissible relationships.
Audit Trail
Records provenance, transitions, confidence and decisions.
Resource Manager
Manages model choice, tools, cost, latency and access limits.
Configuration over dependency
Model engines are selected as runtime capabilities. The kernel can route a task to a commercial model, a local model, a deterministic service or a crawler without changing the object contract.