The harness underneath every stage.

Cognis sits on top of your existing engineering toolchain. Connectors read your systems in place, a knowledge graph links every artifact and decision, and AI agents operate across the whole lifecycle on top — brainstorm to handoff.

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Harness · Connected

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Cognis / Mechanism

No rip-and-replace

We connect what you have.

Your data never leaves. Your teams keep the tools they know. Cognis adds the layers that were missing.

L03

Agents & applications

Brainstorm, Solve & Simulate, Verify & Report, and Continuity — plus agents scoped to your own workflows. All of them read from one graph, so they always agree, and every action they take is logged.

L02

Engineering knowledge graph

Artifacts, revisions, simulation runs, test campaigns, standards clauses, and captured decisions — linked into one navigable graph. This is where the why lives: the layer your PLM records never captured.

L01

Connectors

Read adapters to PLM, simulation, test, and document systems. Data is mapped in place — no migration, no replatforming, no copy of record to keep in sync.

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Cognis / Capabilities

What the harness does

Five capabilities. One thread.

CAP.01

Connect every system in place

PLM, solvers, test archives, and document stores stay where they are. Cognis reads them through connectors and keeps context current.

CAP.02

Ground every agent in your data

Agents retrieve from your artifacts before they reason. Answers cite the revision, the run, the report — nothing free-floats.

CAP.03

Execute, don't just explain

Agents configure solver runs, sweep parameters, check clauses, and compile reports — real work in the loop, tracked end to end.

CAP.04

Capture decisions as they happen

The harness notices consequential changes and prompts for the rationale while the expert is still in the room — then binds it to the artifacts.

CAP.05

Hand off with receipts

Programs and people transition with a navigable package: decisions, evidence, open risks — every line source-linked and audit-ready.

Cognis / Support

FAQ

Platform questions.

01What does "agentic harness" actually mean?+

A harness is the governed runtime the agents work inside: what data they can retrieve, what actions they can take, and how every step is logged. Cognis agents don't roam — they operate on your knowledge graph, within your permissions, leaving an audit trail.

02Which AI models does Cognis use?+

Cognis is model-flexible and deployment-driven: hosted frontier models where policy allows, or on-premise models inside air-gapped environments. Grounding and traceability come from the harness, not from any single model.

03How long does deployment take?+

A scoped pilot typically starts with one or two connected systems and a single team's workflow. We work with early design partners directly — request a demo and we'll map your systems together.

Cognis / Contact

One harness. Your whole lifecycle.

A 30-minute technical walkthrough — your systems, your workflows, no slides.

Connectors · Knowledge graph · Governed agents · Source-linked answers