All CORTEX feature flags default to off so that advanced retrieval, ambient research, and learning capabilities remain disabled unless explicitly enabled.

### CORTEX Feature Flags

— PYRANA_PLATFORM_ARCHITECTURE_REFERENCE.md

All default to off:

— PYRANA_PLATFORM_ARCHITECTURE_REFERENCE.md

CORTEX_ENABLED — master switch

— PYRANA_PLATFORM_ARCHITECTURE_REFERENCE.md

CORTEX_AMBIENT_ENABLED — ambient research cycle

— PYRANA_PLATFORM_ARCHITECTURE_REFERENCE.md

CORTEX_LEARNING_ENABLED — Q-value learning

— PYRANA_PLATFORM_ARCHITECTURE_REFERENCE.md