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Cortex is answering right now. Last checked 13 min ago. It exposes 7 tools. Last commit 7 Sep 2026.

Patent-pending semantic memory for AI agents: quality-gated writes, conflict tracking. Free trial.

Uptime history 48 days of history
48 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
7
Tools
read from the server
105 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 7 Sep 2026

What changed 24

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 28 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

18 Sep 7 tool descriptions were rewritten cortex_conflicts, cortex_forget, cortex_recall and 4 more
18 Sep 5 tools changed the parameters they ask for cortex_forget, cortex_write, cortex_write_status and 2 more
13 Sep 3 tool descriptions were rewritten cortex_conflicts, cortex_forget, cortex_write_status
2 Sep 4 tool descriptions were rewritten cortex_recall, cortex_write, fetch and 1 more
2 Sep a tool changed the parameters it asks for cortex_write
31 Aug a tool appeared cortex_write_status
31 Aug a tool changed the parameters it asks for cortex_write
28 Aug a tool changed the parameters it asks for cortex_write
28 Aug a tool changed version

What the code does

We read the source, 23 h ago · tools taken from the live server · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Runs an external command server/selftest.js:8
const child = spawn(process.execPath, [join(here, "index.js")], {

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 13 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add cortex --transport http https://skynetlab-cortex-saas-mcp.cortex-320.workers.dev/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex": {
      "url": "https://skynetlab-cortex-saas-mcp.cortex-320.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.cortex]
url = "https://skynetlab-cortex-saas-mcp.cortex-320.workers.dev/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex": {
      "url": "https://skynetlab-cortex-saas-mcp.cortex-320.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex": {
      "url": "https://skynetlab-cortex-saas-mcp.cortex-320.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 7

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

cortex
cortex_conflicts
Use this when the user asks what contradicts what in their memory, or when a memory you just read is flagged as conflicting and the user has to decide which version holds. Returns the pairs of contradicting statements with their status. Do not use it as a list of memories: it only returns detected contradictions.
cortex_forget
Use this when the user asks to delete a specific memory, given the id returned by search. Ask the user to confirm before calling it: the deletion is permanent and cannot be undone. Do not use it to fix a memory that is merely out of date: saving the corrected version with cortex_write is what keeps the history.
cortex_recall
Use this when the user asks about a topic as a whole ("what do you know about X", "where are we with X", "catch me up on X"): returns one narrative synthesis of the relevant memories, saying what holds now and what was superseded. Do not use it to look up a single fact or when you need sources to cite: search returns individual memories with their urls.
cortex_write
Use this whenever the user tells you to remember, note down, keep or save something, in any language. Use it as well when they state something they will need again later and would not want to repeat: a decision and the reason behind it, a stable fact about them or their work, a preference or a constraint, a conclusion they reached after effort, a correction of something believed before. Then say in one line what you saved, so they can tell you to drop it. The server rejects duplicates by itself: a refused write is not an error, do not rephrase it and try again. Do not save questions, brainstorming, passing remarks or anything the user has not actually stated, and never save passwords, tokens, keys, card numbers or other credentials, even if the user pastes them.
cortex_write_status
Use this when a previous cortex_write returned a job_id as queued and the user asks whether it was saved: returns the quality gate verdict for that job and any contradiction it opened. Do not call it for a write that already came back with a verdict.
fetch
fetch
Use this when a search result looks relevant and you need its full text before answering. Takes the id returned by search, and returns the memory with its url, which you cite in your answer. Do not call it with an id from anywhere else: only search results carry valid ids.
search
search
Use this when the answer depends on the user's own context: facts about them or their work, decisions they made, preferences or constraints they stated, or anything they refer back to from an earlier conversation ("as we agreed", "my project", "the client we discussed"). Use it as well when the user asks for something done their usual way, in their format, tone, style or stack ("the way I normally write these", "my usual setup"): their way is what the memory holds. Also use it when the user asks what you know or remember about something. Returns the matching memories with id, title and url to cite; fetch returns the full text of one. Cortex is the user's own memory layer: what is saved through it stays available in the other AI apps they connect to the same account. Do not use it for general knowledge, for questions that do not depend on this particular user, or when everything needed is already in this conversation.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://skynetlab-cortex-saas-mcp.cortex-320.workers.dev/mcp streamable-http answering 85 ms 13 min ago

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Cortex — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Cortex do?
It exposes 7 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: cortex_conflicts, cortex_forget, cortex_recall, cortex_write, cortex_write_status, fetch and 1 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Cortex working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 105 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Cortex?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Cortex need an API key?
No. Cortex completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 7 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Cortex?
It answers our handshake in 105 ms on average, which is faster than 83% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is Cortex open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.