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A field guide to the /cortex-recon skill

AI ML Stack Inventory

ML and AI reconnaissance: inventories all models in production, LLM integrations and their API usage, training pipelines and their schedules, data sources and their freshness, evaluation setups, and monitoring coverage. Identifies technical debt, models running without evaluation, and unmonitored AI features.

Cortex · ML/AI4 min readNovember 29, 2025

Reconnaissance is the first thing a senior engineer does on an inherited project: read the lay of the land before changing anything. Skip it and the first change reveals an assumption that turned out to be wrong.

The /cortex-recon skill produces the recon for the ucortex domain. ML and AI reconnaissance: inventories all models in production, LLM integrations and their API usage, training pipelines and their schedules, data sources and their freshness, evaluation setups, and monitoring coverage. Identifies technical debt, models running without evaluation, and unmonitored AI features.

Tonone's /cortex-recon skill produces a focused inventory of the ucortex domain before changes are made.

Install

/cortex-recon ships with the ucortex agent in Tonone for Claude Code. Install Tonone via tonone.ai/get-started. Tonone is free and MIT-licensed.

1. Add to marketplace

$ claude plugin marketplace add tonone-ai/tonone

2. Install Cortex

$ claude plugin install cortex@tonone-ai

Frequently asked questions

What does /cortex-recon do?
ML and AI reconnaissance: inventories all models in production, LLM integrations and their API usage, training pipelines and their schedules, data sources and their freshness, evaluation setups, and monitoring coverage. Identifies technical debt, models running without evaluation, and unmonitored AI features.
How do I install /cortex-recon?
Install Tonone for Claude Code via tonone.ai/get-started. Tonone is free and MIT-licensed.

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