Operational context plane

Cortex Atlas is the operational context plane.

It provides a structured view of the people, processes, systems, data, infrastructure and dependencies that AI-enabled activity may affect.

Why Atlas matters

Governance needs context to be meaningful.

AI governance becomes weak when it is separated from the organisation it is meant to govern. Cortex Atlas provides the structured operational context that allows runtime governance, evidence and assurance to be connected to real operational conditions rather than treated as abstract policy.

Operational context AI-enabled activity People & roles Processes Systems Data Infrastructure Dependencies
The map shows the kinds of operational context that AI governance needs to take into account.

What Atlas helps you understand

The operational context around AI-enabled activity.

What people and roles are involved?

What processes are affected?

Which systems and data are touched?

What infrastructure and dependencies matter?

What operational outcomes may follow?

In relation to the platform

Atlas provides operational context for the other planes.

The Cortex platform

Boundary & abstraction edge

Interoperability boundariesCortex Gate
Provider & runtime abstractionCortex Bridge

Governance & evidence core

Runtime governanceCortex Conduit
Observability & traceabilityCortex Lens
Evidence & accountabilityCortex Ledger

Context foundation

Operational contextCortex AtlasEverything else rests on operational context.

Start with operational context.

Cortex Atlas helps establish the context AI governance depends on before AI scales into operational environments.