Cognitive augmentation layer.
AI thinking alongside you, not for you.
Paracortex is an open source cognitive augmentation layer. A desktop application that sits alongside your workflow, not in front of it. It doesn't replace your thinking. It extends it.
Where other tools optimize for automation and delegation, Paracortex optimizes for understanding. The goal isn't to hand off work to AI, but to build a system where human insight and AI capability amplify each other continuously.
Built on the AIST Protocol for lossless knowledge transfer between sessions, so nothing gets lost when context resets.
The name comes from the paracortex, the region alongside the cortex where raw information is processed into understanding. That's what this is.
AI runs parallel to your thinking. You stay in the loop, not because you have to, but because that's where the best ideas emerge.
The most valuable output isn't the artifacts; it's the understanding. Paracortex prioritizes the exchange between human and AI over pure execution speed.
Your cognitive state · every idea, decision and pattern · survives across sessions. The system remembers so you can think forward, not backward.
Open source, extensible, yours to shape. No vendor lock-in, no black boxes, no subscription gates between you and your own thinking tools.