diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d309cc7a..bf105840 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -576,10 +576,10 @@ const stats = brain.getCacheStats()  // Performance insights
 
 ### Native Acceleration (Optional)
 
-Install `@soulcraft/brainy-cortex` for Rust-powered native acceleration: SIMD distance calculations, native metadata/graph indexes, CRoaring bitmaps, and Candle ML embeddings. Auto-detected — zero configuration required.
+Install `@soulcraft/cortex` for Rust-powered native acceleration: SIMD distance calculations, native metadata/graph indexes, CRoaring bitmaps, and Candle ML embeddings. Auto-detected — zero configuration required.
 
 ```bash
-npm install @soulcraft/brainy-cortex
+npm install @soulcraft/cortex
 ```
 
 ---
diff --git a/src/brainy.ts b/src/brainy.ts
index fffb16a7..56eb055c 100644
--- a/src/brainy.ts
+++ b/src/brainy.ts
@@ -6632,7 +6632,7 @@ export class Brainy<T = any> implements BrainyInterface<T> {
    * Called internally during init().
    */
   private async loadPlugins(): Promise<void> {
-    // Auto-detect installed plugins (e.g., @soulcraft/brainy-cortex)
+    // Auto-detect installed plugins (e.g., @soulcraft/cortex)
     const pluginPackages = (this.config as any).plugins as string[] | undefined
     await this.pluginRegistry.autoDetect(pluginPackages || [])
 
diff --git a/src/coreTypes.ts b/src/coreTypes.ts
index baa4d374..b8c99c32 100644
--- a/src/coreTypes.ts
+++ b/src/coreTypes.ts
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ export interface HNSWConfig {
   // SQ8 vector quantization (4x memory reduction, ~0.4% accuracy loss)
   quantization?: {
     enabled: boolean        // default: false — preserves current behavior exactly
-    bits?: 8 | 4            // default: 8 (SQ8). SQ4 requires brainy-cortex native.
+    bits?: 8 | 4            // default: 8 (SQ8). SQ4 requires cortex native.
     rerankMultiplier?: number // default: 3 — over-retrieve 3x, rerank with float32
   }
   // Vector storage mode
diff --git a/src/embeddings/EmbeddingManager.ts b/src/embeddings/EmbeddingManager.ts
index d30702f7..cb007ef1 100644
--- a/src/embeddings/EmbeddingManager.ts
+++ b/src/embeddings/EmbeddingManager.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export class EmbeddingManager {
 
     try {
       if (isBrowser()) {
-        console.warn('[brainy] Browser WASM embedding engine is deprecated and will be removed in v8.0. Use Node.js/Bun with native embeddings (@soulcraft/brainy-cortex) instead.')
+        console.warn('[brainy] Browser WASM embedding engine is deprecated and will be removed in v8.0. Use Node.js/Bun with native embeddings (@soulcraft/cortex) instead.')
       }
       // Initialize WASM engine (handles all model loading)
       await this.engine.initialize()
diff --git a/src/plugin.ts b/src/plugin.ts
index 53df78cf..b4b4e2be 100644
--- a/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugin.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Brainy Plugin System
  *
  * Simple plugin architecture for two use cases:
- * 1. Native acceleration (@soulcraft/brainy-cortex)
+ * 1. Native acceleration (@soulcraft/cortex)
  * 2. Custom storage adapters (e.g., Redis, DynamoDB, custom backends)
  *
  * Plugins are auto-detected by package name or registered manually.
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ export class PluginRegistry {
    */
   async autoDetect(additionalPackages: string[] = []): Promise<void> {
     const packages = [
-      '@soulcraft/brainy-cortex',
+      '@soulcraft/cortex',
+      '@soulcraft/brainy-cortex',  // deprecated — backward compat
       ...additionalPackages
     ]
 
diff --git a/src/types/brainy.types.ts b/src/types/brainy.types.ts
index 68ddd16b..6ff02a74 100644
--- a/src/types/brainy.types.ts
+++ b/src/types/brainy.types.ts
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ export interface BrainyConfig {
   hnsw?: {
     quantization?: {
       enabled?: boolean        // default: false — current behavior exactly
-      bits?: 8 | 4             // default: 8 (SQ8). SQ4 requires brainy-cortex native.
+      bits?: 8 | 4             // default: 8 (SQ8). SQ4 requires cortex native.
       rerankMultiplier?: number // default: 3 — over-retrieve 3x, rerank with float32
     }
     vectorStorage?: 'memory' | 'lazy'  // default: 'memory' — 'lazy' evicts vectors after insert