Cortex

What you can do with Cortex

Cortex is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server published by VBlackJack. It ranks #7,360 of 144,396 active servers on MCP Toplist, and its repository has 1 GitHub stars. Cortex is listed across 2 registries — Official MCP and Glama, with 34 tracked versions. It was first listed on Jul 15, 2026 and most recently updated on Sep 9, 2026.

What Cortex can and cannot do

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What you need before using Cortex

Connect Cortex and confirm it works

claude mcp add cortex -e "CORTEX_KB_PATH=<your CORTEX_KB_PATH>" -- uvx cortex-local-rag serve

[mcp_servers.cortex]
command = "uvx"
args = ["cortex-local-rag", "serve"]

[mcp_servers.cortex.env]
CORTEX_KB_PATH = "<your CORTEX_KB_PATH>"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "cortex-local-rag",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CORTEX_KB_PATH": "<your CORTEX_KB_PATH>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "cortex-local-rag",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CORTEX_KB_PATH": "<your CORTEX_KB_PATH>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "cortex": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "cortex-local-rag",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CORTEX_KB_PATH": "<your CORTEX_KB_PATH>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "cortex-local-rag",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CORTEX_KB_PATH": "<your CORTEX_KB_PATH>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "cortex-local-rag",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CORTEX_KB_PATH": "<your CORTEX_KB_PATH>"
      }
    }
  }
}

When to choose another server

• Datacron#2,616
• Engram#14,739

No task-specific alternatives are catalogued for Cortexyet; the list above is its publisher's other servers.

What changed, and when this was checked

First listed

Jul 15, 2026

Latest version published

Sep 9, 2026

Version history

34 versions tracked (below)

Requirements evidence

Declared by Glama, last synced Oct 16, 2026. Not independently verified by MCP Toplist.

Profile checked

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Ranking data as of

Oct 16, 2026

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