05 // GRAFT PROCEDURE

TAP IN.
KEEP YOUR BRAIN.

Both projects ship through the shared vasovagal/tap. One tap, one CLI, one menu-bar app.

BOOTSTRAP

MEMORY + EAR.
FIVE COMMANDS.

The tap points at published GitHub release artifacts and pins their checksums. Vagus also ships Linux arm64 and x86_64 builds; Corti requires Apple Silicon and macOS 15 or newer.

bootstrap.sharm64 macOS

# connect the tap
$ brew tap vasovagal/tap
$ brew trust --tap vasovagal/tap  # Homebrew 6+

# install the memory + the ear
$ brew install vagus
$ brew install --cask corti

# wire Markdown to iCloud
$ vagus init --icloud
✓ nervous system online

VAGUS

macOS arm64 · Linux arm64 / x86_64

CORTI

Apple Silicon · macOS 15+ · Microphone + System Audio permissions

STATUS

pre-1.0 · Corti is ad-hoc signed / not notarized · inspect the source

AFTER THE GRAFT

THREE QUICK CHECKS.

CHECK THE CACHE.

vagus doctor verifies the vault, local index separation, model presence, and vector identity without downloading anything.

CONNECT A HARNESS.

Install bundled skills into Claude Code or pi. Codex CLI and other shell-capable SOTA harnesses can drive the same stable vagus … --json contract.

GRANT THE EAR.

Launch Corti once and grant macOS Microphone and System Audio Recording permissions. Then join a call.