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* v0.1.0 - The Autonomous Foundation (2026-04-13)
This is the initial MVP release of the ~opencortex~. It establishes a secure, auditable Lisp kernel for a personal operating system.

** Features
- **Metabolic Pipeline:** Robust Perceive-Reason-Act loop with selective memory rollbacks and graceful shutdown handling.
- **Verification Lock:** Mandatory skill enforcement via environment configuration. System halts if security policies or bouncers fail to load.
- **Foveal-Peripheral Context:** High-resolution focus on active tasks with low-resolution skeletal awareness of the rest of the Memex.
- **The Bouncer:** Last-mile deterministic security gate with Deep Packet Inspection for secrets and network exfiltration.
- **Autonomous Scribe:** Background distillation worker that turns daily journal entries into evergreen Zettelkasten notes.
- **Unified Onboarding:** Single-command installation (~opencortex.sh~) with Docker-first deployment and OS detection.
- **CLI Gateway:** Local TCP socket server and interactive chat client for frictionless first contact.

** Architectural Shift
- Transitioned to **Literate Granularity**: Every function and invariant is now documented in its own Org block.
- **Configuration Externalization:** All timing, thresholds, and identities are now driven by environment variables.
- **Thin Harness Philosophy:** Decoupled the kernel from specific editors or third-party gateways.