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CORTX Marketplace Vision

The CORTX Marketplace will allow:

  • Distribution of RulePacks and WorkflowPacks
  • Certification tiers (community, certified, official)
  • Licensing and pricing (free or paid)
  • Discovery by compliance domain (FedRAMP, HIPAA, GTAS, etc.)

Future versions of this document will include:

  • Submission workflows
  • Certification process
  • Governance policies

CORTX Marketplace Vision

Executive Summary

The CORTX Marketplace is the exchange layer of the CORTX ecosystem — a unified platform for discovering, certifying, and deploying compliance-ready RulePacks and WorkflowPacks. It functions as a “GitHub for Compliance Automation,” where agencies, integrators, and developers can share, sell, and certify reusable automation logic across federal, healthcare, and enterprise domains.

By enabling versioned compliance packs, certification workflows, and transparent governance, the CORTX Marketplace accelerates transformation projects while maintaining trust, traceability, and federal-grade compliance.

Marketplace Objectives

  • Accelerate adoption of CORTX by making automation assets reusable and discoverable.
  • Empower agencies and vendors to publish validated compliance logic and workflows.
  • Ensure trust and interoperability through transparent certification tiers.
  • Establish a sustainable economic model rewarding creators and maintaining platform quality.

Core Capabilities

🔁 Pack Distribution

Publish and distribute versioned RulePacks and WorkflowPacks through an integrated registry backed by Supabase with RLS and cryptographic integrity checks.

🧩 Certification Tiers

  • 🌟 Community: Peer-reviewed, open-source packs available to all users.
  • ✅ Certified: Validated through automated compliance, performance, and security tests.
  • 🏛️ Official: Government-backed or Treasury-verified packs meeting the highest standards.

💰 Licensing & Pricing

Support for free, subscription-based, or enterprise-licensed packs.
Smart-contract style licensing ensures automated revenue distribution between creators and the platform.

🔍 Discovery by Domain

Filter, search, and recommend packs by compliance framework or industry:

  • FedRAMP
  • NIST 800-53
  • HIPAA
  • GTAS / CARS
  • CJIS
  • SOC 2
  • GDPR (EU)

Technical Architecture

BPM Designer → Platform Registries → Marketplace API → Suite Integrations
   |                 |                       |                  |
   |                 |                       |                  |
Design          Store & Certify        Discover & License     Execute

Core Services

Service Description
Pack Registry Supabase schema for rulepacks and workflowpacks with immutable versioning.
Marketplace API FastAPI microservice for submission, search, and certification endpoints.
Certification Engine Executes automated quality gates, schema validation, and security scanning.
License Manager Handles pricing models, royalties, and entitlement verification.
Governance Layer Enforces publication policies, metadata standards, and audit logging.

Certification Framework

The marketplace enforces standardized quality gates for pack validation:

quality_gates:
  - compliance_tests:
      coverage_threshold: 90%
      test_data_sets: [standard, edge_cases, historical_failures]
  - performance_tests:
      p99_latency: <500ms
      memory_usage_max: 512MB
  - security_scan:
      tools: [Snyk, OWASP ZAP, Checkmarx]
      vulnerability_threshold: medium
  - documentation_check:
      required: [README, API_docs, examples, changelog]
      language_quality_score: 0.8

Certification Badges

Badge Meaning
🏆 Treasury Certified Passed federal compliance validation suite
🛡️ Security Audited Third-party pen test and SOC2 validated
⚡ Performance Optimized Meets latency and throughput SLAs
📚 Well Documented Full README, API docs, and examples
🔄 Actively Maintained 48-hour SLA for critical fixes

Governance Model

Marketplace Governance
├── Technical Committee (Architecture, APIs, Standards)
├── Compliance Committee (Regulatory alignment, audit)
├── Community Committee (Creator onboarding, peer review)
├── Security Committee (Vulnerability response, access control)
└── Economic Committee (Pricing & sustainability)

Each committee maintains an independent review process and aligns with CORTX’s cross-suite governance framework under NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP Moderate baselines.

Economic Model

Revenue Distribution

Creator: 70%
Platform Infrastructure: 20%
Insurance & Liability Pool: 10%

Subscription Tiers

Tier Description Pricing
Community Free public access to open-source packs $0
Professional Access to certified packs and analytics $1,000/month
Enterprise Private marketplace + SLA-backed support $5,000/month
Government Dedicated FedRAMP instance Custom

Creator Incentives

  • Annual Creator Grants Program ($1M fund)
  • Fast-Track Certification option for $10K/pack
  • Revenue bonuses for top-rated creators
Pack Type Creator Platform Agency
Official N/A Full liability Protected
Certified Insured ($1M min) Limited Due diligence
Community As-is None Full risk
Private N/A None Full risk

Required Insurance for Certified Creators

  • Professional Liability: $1M minimum
  • Cyber Liability: $500K minimum
  • Errors & Omissions: $1M minimum

Roadmap

Phase Milestone Description
Phase 1 Foundation Registry integration and manual certification workflows
Phase 2 Automation CI-based compliance testing and certification dashboards
Phase 3 Monetization License Manager and automated payouts
Phase 4 Federation Private agency marketplaces and pack syndication
Phase 5 AI Governance Predictive pack scoring and compliance drift alerts

Future Enhancements

  • AI-driven Pack Recommendations based on historical success rates
  • Cross-Suite Pack Bundles linking FedSuite and GovSuite automation logic
  • Smart Compliance Badges with real-time Treasury validation integration
  • Designer Integration: Drag-and-drop publishing from CORTX BPM Designer
  • Federated Discovery: Connect external marketplaces (e.g., agency or consortium hubs)

Summary

The CORTX Marketplace transforms how agencies and enterprises share, validate, and monetize compliance automation.
It ensures that every RulePack and WorkflowPack published is traceable, certified, and interoperable — forming the backbone of a transparent, scalable, and sustainable CORTX ecosystem.