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url: https://chaoslabs.xyz/cortex/work-attribution
title: "Cortex, Work & Attribution"
description: "Map every dollar to a Work Unit so you manage cost per outcome, not just total spend. Part of Cortex Atlas."
crawled_at: 2026-10-17T16:24:14Z
ask: https://chaoslabs-xyz.ora.run/ask
docs: https://chaoslabs-xyz.ora.run/docs
lang: en
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Cortex

Cortex The system of record for AI work

# Map every AI dollar to the work it produced.

Identify real work as Work Units and Streams, then attribute spend so finance and leaders manage cost per outcome, not a black-box bill.

The Work Unit engine

## Scattered turns in. Attributed Work Units out.

Thousands of loose prompts and conversations across your teams, resolved into clearly defined work units. You define them, or Cortex proposes and you confirm.

Detecting patterns...

Bring your roadmap

Upload your plan or OKRs. Initiatives become Work Units from day one.

Connect planning tools

Jira, Linear, and Notion projects map to Work Units automatically.

Cortex learns from usage

New Work Units are proposed from activity. You just confirm or correct.

Rolls up to initiatives

## AI spend rolls up to key initiatives and goals.

Work rolls up into the roadmap items and strategic goals your leadership already tracks. Every AI dollar is mapped to the initiative and business outcome it advanced.

Work and attribution Cortex workspace

LEG-1842 Acme vendor MSA review Shipped

3 redlines accepted $3,840 · 3 people · + 2 · 427m tokens · 14h logged

GTM-88 APAC expansion proposal In Progress

68% of draft complete $1,240

3 people · + 3 · 186m tokens · 9h logged · CHK-12 Checkout redesign Active

4 of 9 frames reviewed $480

2 people · + 1 · 64m tokens · 6h logged · Goal

Close Q3 legal, GTM, and design work

$5,560 total investment

Cost to return

## Your bill shows costs. Cortex shows returns.

Current AI invoices only tell you what was spent and nothing about what it produced. Cortex pairs every cost with its outcome, giving you an accurate, real-time picture of your AI adoption and return.

### Before attribution Costs only

Billed invoice · Anthropic 240 seats · $41,200

Anthropic API usage · 3 keys

$28,900

OpenAI API usage · 2 keys

$7,080 · GitHub Copilot 180 seats · $7,020 · Total due $84,200

### After attribution Cost paired with outcome

Outcome Spend

OpenSearch retrieval fix Shipped $2,410

People · Agents · Applications · + 2 · Time 12h

Q3 campaign brief In Progress $4,120

People · Agents · Applications · + 2 · Time 12h

Onboarding flow research Active $3,180

People · KD DL · Agents · Applications · + 2 · Time 12h · Total $9,710

## Ready to build sovereign intelligence?

Gain visibility and control. Build better, cheaper, faster AI that you own.

[Read Work Data Model docs](https://docs.chaoslabs.xyz/cortex/architecture/work-data-model)

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Keep the intelligence your company creates.

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