Technology
No black box, no “trust the model”. Six real mechanics — the ones that make Cortera finish a task instead of describing one.
Every request goes through the same loop: work out what's actually being asked, do it in discrete visible steps, then check the result against reality rather than assuming it worked. A built app is opened in a real browser and tested; a scheduled task confirms it ran.
The app builder doesn't hand a model a blank file and hope. It designs the app as structured data first, generates the code from that design with a tested kit, starts the server, and hits it — so the first build works, rather than the third.
When Cortera opens a website it is genuinely driving a browser — reading the page, clicking, filling in forms, screenshotting the result. Desktop control works the same way: it looks at the screen, finds what it needs, and acts, rather than calling a hidden API on your behalf.
Word output is built from real headings, list structures and formatted tables, not markdown pasted into a box. Decks draw from a wide library of styles and layouts, with imagery and speaker notes assigned automatically.
Routine requests are answered instantly by a small model; a genuinely hard one automatically brings in a larger model. Both run on your machine, which is why Cortera works on a plane and never shows you a usage meter.
Every build is tracked like a real project — you can see what changed, review it, and revert it. Automation steps are screenshotted as they happen. You can check its work; you never have to take its word for it.
The loop
The reason a first build works: the app is designed as structured data before a line of code is written, generated from that design with a tested kit, started, and hit — so what you get is running, not plausible.
Why on your machine
Cortera is installed software. That's what lets it open your browser, look at your screen, write files into your folders and run a server on your laptop — things a website simply cannot do.
It also means the model answering you runs right there: routine requests come back instantly from a small model, hard ones bring in a larger one, and none of it needs a connection or shows you a meter.