What is LisaOS
The single-core, multi-shell architecture that gives LISA one identity across every interface.
LisaOS is the operating system behind LISA — the Liminal Intelligence Shadow Agent of the Cipher Shinobi. Its defining idea is simple: LISA's identity and capabilities are independent of any language model or interaction channel.
Single core, many shells
A single OS core — memory, dispatch, tools, skills, governance, personality, and self-improvement — resides on a always-on server and is reachable over a REST API. Around that core sit interchangeable interface shells: thin wrappers that differ only in which model they run, which channels they serve, and which hardware-bound tools they can reach.
Two shells exist today:
- Claude Code — the local, on-demand shell (VS Code and CLI), running the Fable/Opus model tiers.
- Genkan — the always-on server-resident shell (terminal UI and Telegram), running a GPT-class model with a Claude fallback.
Both wrap the same core. A dispatch opened from one shell is visible and continuable from the other; a memory written in one is immediately assembled by the other.
Why it is built this way
- Model redundancy — if one model degrades, the other continues with identical OS capabilities.
- Availability — the server shell runs around the clock; the local shell runs when the operator is at the machine.
- One source of truth — personality and governance live in the core, so every shell speaks with the same voice and obeys the same rules.