# cortex-research-mcp

> MCP connector for the Cortex Research gateway (TimescaleDB, Motherduck, Neo4j, Qdrant)

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/cortex-research-mcp/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.1.0
- license: Proprietary
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:cortex-research-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Cortex Research MCP Connector

A one-command connector that gives your AI IDE (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex)
direct, no-repo-clone access to the Cortex research data sources —
TimescaleDB, Motherduck, Neo4j, and Qdrant — via the production gateway at
`https://wasif-cortex.fly.dev`. No manual Python environment, no cloning this
repo. Just two steps.

## What you need

- A Cortex collaborator API key (`cortex_...`). Ask Wasif to add your email
  to the collaborator key list if you don't have one yet.
- macOS/Linux/Windows with a terminal.

## Step 1 — install `uv` (one-time, ~10 seconds)

`uv` is a fast Python package/tool runner. If you don't already have it:

```bash
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
```

(Windows: see https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/)

That's it — you do NOT need to separately install Python, create a virtual
environment, or clone this repository.

## Step 2 — add the connector to Claude Code

```bash
claude mcp add cortex-research --env CORTEX_API_KEY=cortex_xxxxxxxx -- \
  uvx --from cortex-research-mcp cortex-research-mcp
```

Replace `cortex_xxxxxxxx` with your actual key. That's the entire setup.
`uvx` downloads and runs the connector in an isolated, cached environment —
nothing to maintain, nothing to update manually.

> **Interim note (pre-PyPI-publish):** until this package is published to
> PyPI (see "Publishing to PyPI" below), Wasif will hand you a built wheel
> file (`cortex_research_mcp-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl`) instead. Use:
> ```bash
> claude mcp add cortex-research --env CORTEX_API_KEY=cortex_xxxxxxxx -- \
>   uvx --from /absolute/path/to/cortex_research_mcp-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl cortex-research-mcp
> ```
> Once published, drop the `/absolute/path/to/...whl` and use the plain
> package name shown in Step 2 — same command shape either way.

## Alternative: `.mcp.json` snippet

Drop this into your project's `.mcp.json` (or global MCP config):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex-research": {
 …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.terminal (0.779, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/cortex-research-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T13:20:34.995Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/cortex-research-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/cortex-research-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:cortex-research-mcp