Cortex MCP
A local-first MCP server enabling hybrid semantic and lexical search across local documents and Confluence. It indexes content locally for multilingual retrieval, allowing AI agents like Claude, Codex, and Gemini to find relevant passages without wasting context windows or sending data externally.
Package and access
Local package with source-attributed installation metadata. Koskamo does not execute packages during review.
What you can do with it
- Perform semantic search over a local knowledge base
- Index documents and Confluence spaces locally
- Retrieve relevant text passages for AI agents
Source and maintenance
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
cortex-local-rag 2026.1021.3
{
"version": "2026.1021.3",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "cortex-local-rag",
"runtimeHint": "uvx",
"registryType": "pypi",
"registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
"packageArguments": [
{
"type": "positional",
"value": "serve"
}
],
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "CORTEX_KB_PATH",
"isRequired": true,
"description": "Absolute path to the local knowledge base Cortex indexes and serves."
}
]
}Tools
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Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"cortex-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"cortex-local-rag==2026.1021.3",
"serve"
],
"env": {
"CORTEX_KB_PATH": "<YOUR_CORTEX_KB_PATH>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"cortex-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"cortex-local-rag==2026.1021.3",
"serve"
],
"env": {
"CORTEX_KB_PATH": "<YOUR_CORTEX_KB_PATH>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"cortex-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"cortex-local-rag==2026.1021.3",
"serve"
],
"env": {
"CORTEX_KB_PATH": "<YOUR_CORTEX_KB_PATH>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"cortex-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"cortex-local-rag==2026.1021.3",
"serve"
],
"env": {
"CORTEX_KB_PATH": "<YOUR_CORTEX_KB_PATH>"
}
}
}
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