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.
System Guide
Plain-language guide to merchants, services, agents, policies, quotes, payments, receipts, and dashboards.
External Tester Quickstart
Hosted Base Sepolia path from wallet funding to API key, merchant setup, purchase, and dashboard verification.
Examples & SDK
TypeScript flows for discovery, quotes, payments, receipts, disputes, and reputation.
Settlement Plans
Quote-bound multi-merchant splits, tax reserves, tips, fees, and agent validation rules.
x402 Policy
Canonical x402 payment requirement hashes, quote binding, and pre-sign policy checks.
Licenses
Machine-readable data, API, compute, content, and report rights for agents.
Product Onboarding
Human setup console for merchant profiles, service catalogs, agents, and payment policies.
Purchase Simulator
Testnet console for quote, payment, receipt, fulfillment, shipping encryption, and x402 flows.
Merchant Dashboard
Wallet-aware merchant activity views for services, receipts, disputes, and agent interactions.
Agent Dashboard
Wallet-aware agent owner views for agents, policies, receipts, disputes, and merchant activity.
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.
Security
Threat model, mitigations, and invariants.