# Store · Coordinate · Dream

Everything Cortex does falls into three movements. Together they turn raw inputs into
sovereign memory, sovereign memory into coordinated work, and coordinated work into
insight.

## Store

> Commit notes, files, links, and media to sovereign memory on the Sui stack.

Walrus gives you durable storage and Seal keeps every blob encrypted before it leaves the
client. This is the foundation: durable, encrypted, user-controlled memory that outlives
any single session, tool, or model.

* Ingest notes, documents, links, audio, images, and video.
* Distill each source into durable [memories](/concepts/memory-model).
* Persist artifacts to a namespace you own.

→ [Encryption](/concepts/encryption) · [Infrastructure](/infrastructure/overview)

## Coordinate

> Specialist agents work over one shared memory graph.

Cortex turns memory into action. Spawn [agentic loops](/loops/overview) directly from
memory, then let specialist agents run iterative research, planning, and review cycles
over the same knowledge base, handing off tasks and sharing observations on a durable
bus.

* Generate prompts and loops from what memory already knows.
* Run multi-agent workflows over one shared graph.
* Share memory by identity, scoped and encrypted.

→ [Agentic Loops](/loops/overview) · [Sharing & Permissions](/concepts/sharing)

## Dream

> Cortex turns memory into insights.

Recall facts, surface patterns, and generate **dreams** that synthesize what your graph
has been telling you. Dreams look across weak signals and long-horizon connections to
surface what matters before you ask, not just what is already obvious.

* Consolidate memory into patterns and verifications.
* Surface emerging, higher-order synthesis.
* Keep memory sharp with the [elastic brain](/concepts/elastic-brain).

→ [Dreams](/concepts/dreams) · [The Elastic Brain](/concepts/elastic-brain)

## One loop

```text
        Store ───▶ Coordinate ───▶ Dream
          ▲                          │
          └──────── new memory ◀─────┘
```

Each movement feeds the next: stored memory powers coordination, coordination produces
new memory, and dreaming distills it all back into sharper memory. That cycle is what
makes Cortex a substrate rather than a feature.