May 17, 2026
Cornelius v05.26 — Thinks While You Sleep
New autonomous capabilities for the knowledge base agent:
- Incubation loop— Rotating analytical moves (ACH, Bayesian updates, steelmanning, cross-domain bridging) applied to your active open questions on a cron schedule. Runs overnight while you are away.
- Domain watch— Perception layer that monitors your KB for new notes matching declared intellectual interests; auto-activates high-resonance findings into the thinking queue.
- Insight interview— Socratic dialogue grounded in your existing notes. Searches what you already think before asking a single question.
- YouTube transcript extraction— Closes the last gap in the capture layer.
The neuroscience behind the design: the hypnagogic state produces an 83% insight solution rate vs 30% for full wakefulness. The incubation loop runs at the edges — between your sessions, without your presence.
Deploy to Trinity for autonomous scheduled operation: github.com/Abilityai/cornelius