gzoonet/cortex

Overview

Local-first knowledge graph for developers that watches project files, extracts entities and relationships via LLMs, and builds a queryable knowledge graph with a web dashboard and CLI. Includes 4 MCP tools: getstatus, listprojects, findentity, querycortex.

Capabilities

• • stdio transport support
• • network transport options
• • prompt templates
• • authentication support
• • database integration
• • github integration

Best For

Local-first knowledge graph for developers with LLM-powered entity extraction, queryable via web dashboard and CLI, including 4 MCP tools.

Decision Snapshot

• • GitHub stars: 12
• • Forks: 1
• • Source provenance count: 1
• • Last seen: 4/15/2026
• • Published: 3/16/2026

Installation / Setup

npm install -g @gzoo/cortex

Usage

cortex config list                       # see all non-default settings && cortex config set llm.mode hybrid        # switch routing mode && cortex config set llm.budget.monthlyLimitUsd 10  # set budget && cortex conf...

Features

• • **Watches** your project files (md, ts, js, json, yaml) for changes
• • **Extracts** entities: decisions, patterns, components, dependencies, constraints, action items
• • **Infers** relationships between entities across projects
• • **Detects** contradictions when decisions conflict
• • **Queries** in natural language with source citations
• • **Routes** intelligently between cloud and local LLMs
• • **Respects** privacy — restricted projects never leave your machine
• • **Web dashboard** with knowledge graph visualization, live feed, and query explorer

Use Cases

• • Supports capabilities such as: stdio transport support; network transport options; prompt templates.
• • Common usage themes: mcp, curated, markdown-list, awesome-mcp-servers-punkpeye.

Supported Clients / Integrations

• • stdio transport support
• • network transport options
• • prompt templates
• • authentication support
• • database integration
• • github integration
• • workflow automation support

Compatibility Signals

• • GitHub: supports (Detected in parser config/capability hints.)

Prompt Examples

Notes / Requirements

• • Primary language: TypeScript/JavaScript
• • License: MIT
• • Documentation coverage: high
• • Parser coverage score: 1.00
• • Source feeds: Awesome MCP Servers (punkpeye)
• • Topic cluster: general

Official Links

• Repository
• Documentation 1 (/gzoonet/cortex/blob/ma...)

Source Information

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