gfernandf/orca-cognitive-runtime

1---2title: Orca Cognitive Runtime3emoji: 📈4colorFrom: blue5colorTo: blue6sdk: static7pinned: false8license: apache-2.09short_description: 'ORCA: LLM agents should reuse cognition, not recompute it'10---11 12# LLM Agents Should Reuse Cognition, Not Reconstruct It13 14Most current LLM agent systems rely on recomputing tasks from scratch via prompts.15 16This works, but it does not scale.17 18It introduces clear limitations:19- lack of composability  20- poor observability  21- limited control  22 23## The problem24 25In any engineered system, complex tasks are not re-derived from first principles every time.26 27They are encoded into reusable procedures.28 29LLM agents today violate this principle.30 31## The insight32 33Cognition should not be ephemeral.34 35It should be:36- structured  37- reusable  38- executable  39 40## ORCA: Cognitive Runtime for Agents41 42We introduce ORCA (Open Cognitive Runtime for Agents), a framework that separates cognition from execution.43 44It models cognition as:45 46- **Capabilities** → atomic cognitive operations  47- **Skills** → structured workflows  48- **Runtime** → execution layer  49 50This enables:51- reuse of cognitive structures  52- better control and observability  53- composable agent systems  54 55## Links56 57- 📄 Paper: [arXiv link]58- 💻 Code: https://github.com/gfernandf/agent-skills# LLM Agents Should Reuse Cognition, Not Reconstruct It59 60Most current LLM agent systems rely on recomputing tasks from scratch via prompts.61 62This works, but it does not scale.63 64It introduces clear limitations:65- lack of composability  66- poor observability  67- limited control  68 69## The problem70 71In any engineered system, complex tasks are not re-derived from first principles every time.72 73They are encoded into reusable procedures.74 75LLM agents today violate this principle.76 77## The insight78 79Cognition should not be ephemeral.80 81It should be:82- structured  83- reusable  84- executable  85 86## ORCA: Cognitive Runtime for Agents87 88We introduce ORCA (Open Cognitive Runtime for Agents), a framework that separates cognition from execution.89 90It models cognition as:91 92- **Capabilities** → atomic cognitive operations  93- **Skills** → structured workflows  94- **Runtime** → execution layer  95 96This enables:97- reuse of cognitive structures  98- better control and observability  99- composable agent systems  100 101## Links102 103- 📄 Paper: https://zenodo.org/records/19438943104- 💻 Code: https://github.com/gfernandf/agent-skills105