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Cognitive Orchestration (CO)
Section titled “Cognitive Orchestration (CO)”CO is a methodology for structured human-AI collaboration. It works in any professional domain. You do not need to write code to use it.
Claude Desktop: Set up CO for your field in 10 minutes. Choose from six domain applications (coding, research, finance, education, governance, compliance) or build your own from the CO template.
CO runs via Claude Code (CLI, full enforcement) or Claude Desktop Cowork (plugin, broader accessibility). The Claude Desktop guide covers the plugin path.
COC: CO for Codegen
Section titled “COC: CO for Codegen”COC is the software development application of CO. It uses Claude Code as the implementation partner: 30+ specialist agents, framework-aware skills, automated code review, test-driven implementation, and a phased workflow from idea to production.
Claude Code: Clone the template, run claude, type /start.
Open-source software
Section titled “Open-source software”The Terrene Foundation maintains reference implementations of its specifications. All software is licensed under Apache 2.0: use it, extend it, build commercial products on it.
Kailash Python SDK
Section titled “Kailash Python SDK”The workflow orchestration platform. Kailash provides 140+ built-in nodes for composing executable workflows, with runtime execution, error recovery, and constraint propagation. Every workflow node inherits and can narrow (but never widen) the constraints of its parent context.
- Install:
pip install kailash - Source: github.com/terrene-foundation/kailash-py
Kailash includes additional frameworks:
| Framework | Purpose | Install |
|---|---|---|
| DataFlow | Zero-config database operations | pip install kailash-dataflow |
| Nexus | Multi-channel deployment (API + CLI + MCP) | pip install kailash-nexus |
| Kaizen | AI agent framework | pip install kailash-kaizen |
CARE Platform
Section titled “CARE Platform”The governance platform implementing the CARE specification. Provides the Trust Plane and Execution Plane architecture, constraint management, and reflective improvement infrastructure. Governance enforced at execution time, not observed after the fact.
EATP SDK
Section titled “EATP SDK”The trust protocol implementation. Standalone, with no dependency on the broader Kailash platform. Dataclass-based decision records, Ed25519 signing, HMAC integrity verification, monotonic trust escalation, and multiple store backends.
- Source: github.com/terrene-foundation/kailash-py (packages/eatp)
Praxis
Section titled “Praxis”The practical toolkit for applying CO methodology. Templates, patterns, and tooling for teams adopting Cognitive Orchestration.
Contributing
Section titled “Contributing”All Foundation software accepts contributions under the Apache 2.0 license. Contributions are subject to the Foundation’s contributor framework: intellectual property is irrevocably transferred to the Foundation upon contribution, ensuring no single entity holds exclusive rights.
See each repository’s CONTRIBUTING.md for specific guidelines.