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# Tutorials

Hands-on walkthroughs for common Cortex tasks.
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## Skills to Context Handoff

Learn the most practical `cortex skills` workflow: get recommendations, turn
them into a compact skill context, export a broader task bundle, and hand the
result to another session, sub-agent, or external LLM.

[Start Tutorial]({% link tutorials/skill-recommendations.md %}){: .btn .btn-primary .mr-2 }
~15 minutes
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## Export Context for Handoffs

Learn how to package the right context for a sub-agent, another session, or an
external LLM without over-exporting. Covers selective include and exclude
patterns, agent-only export, and safe defaults for curated handoffs.

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~10 minutes
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## Getting Started with the TUI

Master the terminal UI in 20-30 minutes. Covers navigation, agent management, and when to use CLI vs TUI.

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~20 minutes
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## Feature Development Workflow

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~20-30 minutes
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## Bug Fix Workflow

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~20-30 minutes
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## Setting Up Watch Mode

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~15-20 minutes
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## Multi-LLM Consultation

Learn how to package a focused context bundle, ask another model a narrow
question, and bring the answer back into your main Cortex workflow without
treating it as authoritative.

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~15-20 minutes
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## Review Prep with Cortex Review

Use `cortex review` as a standalone prep step before review work. This tutorial
shows how to preview review-oriented skills, add context signals, and load the
right skill context without confusing review prep with a full review engine.

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~10-15 minutes
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