Summit
The kernel thinks. Summit® defines the domain.
Vitruvyan is domain-agnostic by design. The kernel stays universal, while Summit® lets you specialize the framework for the domain you actually operate in: healthcare, logistics, security, governance, and beyond. You define the language, the entities, the rules, and the sources of truth. The kernel turns that domain into a cognitive system.
Stable cognitive infrastructure, unchanged across domains.
Perception
ingestion, parsing, normalization
Memory
semantic storage with provenance
Reasoning
verification, scoring, explanation
Entities
patient, symptom
Signals
lab result, clinical note
Rules
triage, verify, explain
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Summit modules stay thin: your domain definitions on top of a shared kernel.
What is Summit®
Summit® is a thin domain layer that sits on top of the Vitruvyan kernel. It contains three things: a vocabulary (what entities exist in your domain), connectors (where data comes from), and rules (domain-specific validation and business logic).
The kernel provides the cognitive infrastructure — ingestion pipelines, semantic memory, LLM orchestration, reasoning chains, audit trails. Summit® doesn't rebuild any of that. It configures it.
Think of it like a database schema: you define the shape of your domain, and the system knows how to store, query, reason about, and validate it. Except here, the system also knows how to perceive, remember, and explain its reasoning.
You don't need to understand the kernel internals. You need to understand your domain. That's where your expertise goes.
From zero to deployed
Four steps. No boilerplate. The CLI scaffolds the structure, you fill in the domain knowledge, and deploy.
Scaffold
vit vertical create my-domainOne command generates the full vertical structure: entity definitions, domain connectors, validation rules, and a ready-to-use manifest. You start with a working skeleton, not a blank page.
Define
my-domain/vertical_manifest.yamlDeclare your domain vocabulary — entities, relationships, signals. The manifest tells the kernel what your domain looks like. No code required at this stage — just configuration.
Connect
my-domain/connectors/Write thin adapters for your data sources — APIs, databases, file systems, IoT streams. The kernel handles ingestion, normalization, and semantic indexing. You just point it at the data.
Deploy
vit vertical deploy my-domainYour vertical plugs into the running kernel. Perception, memory, reasoning, verification — all active. Every output carries provenance, confidence scores, and a full audit trail. From day one.
What Summit® gets from the kernel
Every Summit® inherits the full cognitive stack. You don't build these — they're already running.
Perception pipeline
Ingestion, parsing, entity extraction, language detection, normalization. Data enters clean.
Semantic memory
Vector storage, coherence scoring, temporal decay, retrieval with provenance. The system remembers.
Reasoning engine
LLM orchestration, chain-of-thought tracing, confidence scoring. Every conclusion is traceable.
Verification layer
Invariant checks, contradiction detection, source cross-referencing. Nothing ships unchecked.
Audit trail
Every input, every decision, every output — logged immutably. Full reproducibility.
Event bus
Redis Streams-based cognitive transport. Services communicate asynchronously. Payload-blind by design.
Example summits
Reference implementations that show how different domains plug into the same kernel.
Featured summit
A reference summit for operations shows how the same kernel can coordinate workflows, audits, and explainable decisions.
It shows what Summit® looks like in a real operating context: decision support, workflow memory, and verification built on top of the same kernel.
Operations summit
Operations
Workflow reasoning, exception handling, operational memory, and explainable process intelligence
Healthcare summit
Healthcare
Clinical reasoning, differential diagnosis, patient memory
Legal summit
Legal
Contract analysis, precedent search, compliance verification
Industrial summit
Industrial
Predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, sensor fusion
Ready to build?
Install Vitruvyan, scaffold your Summit®, and start building. The kernel is ready — your domain is the only missing piece.