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Cortex402 MCP Server

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Cortex402 runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 28 installs a week from npm.

Pay-per-call x402 data products on Base mainnet — sanctions, aviation weather, US property.

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Installs per day peak 32 · avg 9 · +4% w/w
a month agotoday
28
Installs / week
npm · cortex402-mcp
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0 releases in 90 days
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Quiet is not dead — but it is worth knowing when it wakes up, or when someone else takes it over. We watch the repository and tell you either way.

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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add cortex402 -- npx -y cortex402-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex402": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cortex402-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.cortex402]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "cortex402-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex402": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cortex402-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex402": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cortex402-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: CORTEX402_WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY (Private key (hex, 0x-prefixed) for an EVM wallet on Base mainnet holding USDC. Used to sign EIP-3009 transferWithAuthorization for each call. Easiest funding: Coinbase Wallet → Buy → USDC on Base network → debit card (~$5 covers ~50 calls).), CORTEX402_BASE_URL (Override the API base URL. Defaults to https://cortex402.vercel.app — only set this for staging or local development.), CORTEX402_MAX_PAYMENT_USDC (Per-call payment ceiling in USDC. Defaults to 5.00 (covers sanctions $0.50, aviation $0.10, property $2.00 with headroom). Raise if calling other x402 endpoints through this server.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Cortex402 — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Cortex402?
Cortex402 runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package cortex402-mcp was installed 28 times last week.
Is Cortex402 still maintained?
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect Cortex402?
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 runs locally, so the command pulls cortex402-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Cortex402?
The npm package cortex402-mcp was installed 28 times in the last week. Week over week that is +4%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.