Cogna8 verifies state, authorizes agent actions against evidence and policy, and emits traceable receipts for every decision.
01 - Trust Engine
Control irreversible actions that are wrong
The Trust Engine extracts, normalizes, and persists every piece of information your AI encounters - into a canonical, queryable schema with full type classification and lifecycle tracking. No more loose JSON blobs or unstructured memory.
Canonical Key Schema
Every state item maps to a deterministic canonical key. No duplicates, no drift, no ambiguity - ensuring the system always knows when two statements refer to the same concept.
Typed State Classification
Every state item is classified into a governed type with its own validation rules and lifecycle characteristics. The type system captures the full spectrum of information agents rely on.
Point-in-Time Snapshots
Reconstruct the exact state your AI operated on at any moment. Time-travel debugging for production AI.
User Role
CTO
Project Budget
$4.2M
SOC 2 Compliance
Required before Q4
Team Preference
TypeScript over JS
02 - Conflict Detection
Contradictions caught. Before they cause damage.
When new information contradicts what your AI already knows, Cogna8 surfaces the conflict instantly. No silent overwrites. No state drift. Every contradiction demands explicit resolution.
Multi-Dimensional Conflict Detection
Conflicts are detected across multiple dimensions - value mismatches, constraint violations, and dependency gaps. Each is classified with severity scoring.
Severity Classification
Not all conflicts are equal. A severity model determines whether an action gets a warning or a hard block, based on the nature and impact of the inconsistency.
Resolution Workflows
Keep existing, accept new, merge, or defer - every resolution is tracked with evidence and rationale for compliance.
Revenue
$4.2M
Accepted
Revenue
$5.1M
Incoming
Direct contradiction detected
Deadline
September
Accepted
Deadline
Pushed to Q4
Incoming
03 - Audit Trail
Every decision traced. Every change explained.
Immutable, append-only event logs capture the full lifecycle of every state change, conflict resolution, and gate decision. Answer “why did the AI do that?” with certainty - not guesswork.
Immutable Event Log
Every state transition, conflict, gate evaluation, and resolution is recorded with full provenance - append-only, never modified.
Time-Travel Viewer
Reconstruct the complete state at any point in time. See exactly what the AI knew, what conflicts existed, and what policies were applied.
Compliance-Ready Evidence
Exportable event logs and evidence trails designed to support SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA workflows. Prove your AI's decision-making is deterministic and governed.
STATE EXTRACTED
Project Budget → $4.2M
14:23:01 UTC
CONFLICT DETECTED
Project Budget: $4.2M ≠ $5.1M
14:23:04 UTC
GATE BLOCKED
Send Invoice → blocked (unresolved conflict)
14:23:07 UTC
CONFLICT RESOLVED
Accepted $5.1M (user resolution)
14:24:12 UTC
04 - Policy Gates
Actions blocked. Until the state is clean.
Before any AI action executes - sending an email, placing an order, triggering a workflow - the Policy Gate checks that all required state is resolved, no blocking conflicts exist, and the action meets your governance rules.
Three-Tier Enforcement
Every action gets a deterministic verdict with a clear enforcement level. No probabilistic guessing. The gate's decision is explainable and auditable.
Dependency-Aware
Gates know which state keys an action requires. "Send invoice" won't fire unless Customer Address, Project Budget, and Invoice Approved are all in accepted status.
Policy DSL
Define gating rules in a declarative spec - action requirements, integrity thresholds, and enforcement behaviors, all as readable configuration.
Active Policies
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Auto-allowNo state dependency
ALLOW
Get recommendation
Auto-allowUses working values
ALLOW
Generate report
Review required1 pending conflict
WARN
Process payment
Authorisation requiredUnresolved: Budget
BLOCK
Send contract
Auto-blockPolicy: no conflicted state
BLOCK
Automated
Requires review
Auth required / Auto-block
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See how Cogna8 verifies state, authorizes actions, and traces every decision through guided scenarios.