Contextual Intelligence in Ultimus
Context is the foundation of agentic action. It is what a system knows before it executes: your code, your policies, and the history of its previous runs. Ultimus aggregates, verifies, and serves this context to both autonomous agents and the humans managing them.
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Context Sources
Ultimus processes context from three distinct origins through a unified API and Model Context Protocol (MCP) gateway, ensuring all inputs are cryptographically signed and verified:
Internal Environments
Real-time data on your architecture, codebases, dependencies, and constraints.
Read moreExternal Sources
Structured, scored, live feeds representing ground truth from the outside world (e.g., technical intelligence from open-source repositories).
Read moreSystem Activity
Every action Ultimus takes is vectorized and fed back into the system, allowing subsequent tasks to build on prior learnings.
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Four-Dimensional Evaluation
Ultimus checks every agent decision against four core criteria:
- Safety
- Cryptographically verifying that the action is permitted by your policies.
- Reliability
- Confirming the output is accurate and passes your automated tests.
- Efficiency
- Tracking the exact cost in tokens, dollars, and estimated carbon output.
- Utility
- Measuring whether the action successfully delivered the intended business outcome.
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Unified Telemetry
Agents and human operators rely on the same verifiable telemetry.
For agents
{
"scope": "31 sessions, Ultimus on an open-weight model",
"output_tokens": 593257,
"cost_usd": 0.83,
"gco2e_per_1k_output": 0.35,
"carbon_basis": "estimated"
}Agents receive structured JSON payloads (e.g., tracking token counts and precise costs) to dynamically route tasks to cheaper or more efficient models.
For people
- 593,257
- Output tokens
- $0.83
- Total cost
- 0.35 g
- CO₂e per 1k output tokens, estimated
Human Operators receive clean audit dashboards showing aggregate tokens, total cost (e.g., $0.83 for 593k tokens), and estimated carbon footprint, enabling data-driven budget and workflow adjustments.
The figures are real, from the Ultimus cost benchmark; the format is illustrative. Cost is measured; carbon is an estimate. See how they were produced
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Modular Deployment
The Ultimus architecture is fully modular. You can adopt the entire suite or integrate specific components into your existing infrastructure:
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Internal Context Feeds
Machine-readable ground truth extracted directly from your environments.
- 02
External Context Feeds
Custom, scored intelligence feeds tailored to your domain.
- 03
Context Management (Zephyr)
The centralized API/MCP gateway and signing authority that maintains an unforgeable audit trail. (Available on the CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace).
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The Ultimus Harness
The local-first, model-agnostic execution engine that operates strictly within your defined governance boundaries.
Start here
Add a module to what you run, or let us run it for you.
Zephyr, the signing and verification authority, is available on the CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace.