Cortex Memory Engine

Name: Cortex Memory Engine
Author: gambletan

by gambletancommunityv1.8.0

Cortex is a local memory engine for personal AI agents that runs entirely on your device, providing structured, queryable long-term memory without relying on cloud services.

From the registry: Local-first AI memory engine — 4-tier memory, people graph, Bayesian beliefs. Encrypted, 62µs.

GitHub Repository

Install & configure

Prerequisites

required
Install Cortex via Homebrew
Install the cortex-mcp-server binary from the gambletan tap.
```
$ brew install gambletan/tap/cortex-mcp-server
```

Install in your client

Paste into the AI you're chatting with — it will figure out the rest

Please install the `cortex-gambletan` MCP server into my current AI client (that's you).

Required prerequisites (do these first if not already done):
- **Install Cortex via Homebrew** — Install the cortex-mcp-server binary from the gambletan tap. Run: `brew install gambletan/tap/cortex-mcp-server`

Canonical MCP server config (stdio transport):
- command: `cortex-mcp-server`
- args: ["<path-to>/memory.db"]

Note: Local-first Rust-based memory server. Alternative: build from source with cargo. Also ships HTTP REST API via `ghcr.io/gambletan/cortex/cortex-http`.

Add this MCP server to my current client's config in the correct format for you. If you need secrets or credentials I haven't provided, ASK me — do not invent values or leave raw placeholders. After adding it, tell me how to verify the server is connected.

Note: Local-first Rust-based memory server. Alternative: build from source with cargo. Also ships HTTP REST API via `ghcr.io/gambletan/cortex/cortex-http`.