Tutorial: Building Your First Cognitive App

Tutorial: Building Your First Cognitive App

A step‑by‑step guide to extending Syntra Kernel

This tutorial walks you through building a simple cognitive application using Syntra Kernel.

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🧩 Step 1 — Clone & Run

git clone https://github.com/gd2bk1ng/syntra_kernel.git
cargo run

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🧠 Step 2 — Create a New Agent

Create a file:

src/agents/greeting_agent.rs

Define an actor that responds to a custom intent.

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🔗 Step 3 — Register the Agent

Add your agent to:

src/runtime/actor_registry.rs

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🧪 Step 4 — Add an Intent

Define a new intent in:

codex/intents/

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🧬 Step 5 — Test in the Sandbox

Use SL2:

sandbox.simulate:
  plan: "greet_user"

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🖥 Step 6 — Visualize in the Dashboard

Watch:

• agent activation
• ThoughtStream logs
• world‑model updates

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🎉 Step 7 — Ship It

You’ve built your first cognitive extension.