Cortex RMCP

ai.dinglebear/cortex-rmcp · v3.9.1

Rust MCP server for homelab logs, syslog, Docker logs, FTS search, and AI transcript correlation.

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Terminal

claude mcp add cortex-rmcp -e CORTEX_HOME=<CORTEX_HOME> -e CORTEX_TOKEN=<CORTEX_TOKEN> -e CORTEX_API_TOKEN=<CORTEX_API_TOKEN> -e CORTEX_RMCP_VERSION=<CORTEX_RMCP_VERSION> -e CORTEX_RMCP_REPO=<CORTEX_RMCP_REPO> -e CORTEX_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL=<CORTEX_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL> -e RUST_LOG=<RUST_LOG> -- npx -y [email protected]

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex-rmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CORTEX_HOME": "<CORTEX_HOME>",
        "CORTEX_TOKEN": "<CORTEX_TOKEN>",
        "CORTEX_API_TOKEN": "<CORTEX_API_TOKEN>",
        "CORTEX_RMCP_VERSION": "<CORTEX_RMCP_VERSION>",
        "CORTEX_RMCP_REPO": "<CORTEX_RMCP_REPO>",
        "CORTEX_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "<CORTEX_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL>",
        "RUST_LOG": "<RUST_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex-rmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CORTEX_HOME": "<CORTEX_HOME>",
        "CORTEX_TOKEN": "<CORTEX_TOKEN>",
        "CORTEX_API_TOKEN": "<CORTEX_API_TOKEN>",
        "CORTEX_RMCP_VERSION": "<CORTEX_RMCP_VERSION>",
        "CORTEX_RMCP_REPO": "<CORTEX_RMCP_REPO>",
        "CORTEX_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "<CORTEX_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL>",
        "RUST_LOG": "<RUST_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "cortex-rmcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CORTEX_HOME": "<CORTEX_HOME>",
        "CORTEX_TOKEN": "<CORTEX_TOKEN>",
        "CORTEX_API_TOKEN": "<CORTEX_API_TOKEN>",
        "CORTEX_RMCP_VERSION": "<CORTEX_RMCP_VERSION>",
        "CORTEX_RMCP_REPO": "<CORTEX_RMCP_REPO>",
        "CORTEX_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "<CORTEX_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL>",
        "RUST_LOG": "<RUST_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`CORTEX_HOME` Optional	Optional Cortex home directory containing configuration and local SQLite data.
`CORTEX_TOKEN` Optional, secret	Optional bearer token for Cortex MCP HTTP mode; also used by some shared configs.
`CORTEX_API_TOKEN` Optional, secret	Bearer token for Cortex REST API routes when running daemon/API mode.
`CORTEX_RMCP_VERSION` Optional	Optional GitHub release tag override for the downloaded Cortex binary.
`CORTEX_RMCP_REPO` Optional	Optional GitHub owner/repo override for release asset downloads.
`CORTEX_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL` Optional	Optional release download base URL override.
`RUST_LOG` Optional	Tracing filter for Cortex logs.

Details

Package	`[email protected]` (NPM, stdio)
First published	12 Jul 2026
Last updated	12 Jul 2026
Registry name	`ai.dinglebear/cortex-rmcp`

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