AICortex

io.github.IkarusMK/aicortex · v2.7.2

Self-hosted brain for any LLM: memory, skills, encrypted vault, devices and scheduled jobs.

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Terminal

claude mcp add aicortex -e STORAGE_ENCRYPTION_KEY=<STORAGE_ENCRYPTION_KEY> -e OIDC_CONFIG_URL=<OIDC_CONFIG_URL> -e OIDC_CLIENT_ID=<OIDC_CLIENT_ID> -e OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET=<OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET> -e BASE_URL=<BASE_URL> -e JWT_SIGNING_KEY=<JWT_SIGNING_KEY> -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/ikarusmk/aicortex:v2.7.2

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aicortex": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/ikarusmk/aicortex:v2.7.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STORAGE_ENCRYPTION_KEY": "<STORAGE_ENCRYPTION_KEY>",
        "OIDC_CONFIG_URL": "<OIDC_CONFIG_URL>",
        "OIDC_CLIENT_ID": "<OIDC_CLIENT_ID>",
        "OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET": "<OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "BASE_URL": "<BASE_URL>",
        "JWT_SIGNING_KEY": "<JWT_SIGNING_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aicortex": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/ikarusmk/aicortex:v2.7.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STORAGE_ENCRYPTION_KEY": "<STORAGE_ENCRYPTION_KEY>",
        "OIDC_CONFIG_URL": "<OIDC_CONFIG_URL>",
        "OIDC_CLIENT_ID": "<OIDC_CLIENT_ID>",
        "OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET": "<OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "BASE_URL": "<BASE_URL>",
        "JWT_SIGNING_KEY": "<JWT_SIGNING_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "aicortex": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/ikarusmk/aicortex:v2.7.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STORAGE_ENCRYPTION_KEY": "<STORAGE_ENCRYPTION_KEY>",
        "OIDC_CONFIG_URL": "<OIDC_CONFIG_URL>",
        "OIDC_CLIENT_ID": "<OIDC_CLIENT_ID>",
        "OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET": "<OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "BASE_URL": "<BASE_URL>",
        "JWT_SIGNING_KEY": "<JWT_SIGNING_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`STORAGE_ENCRYPTION_KEY` Required, secret	Fernet key that encrypts the vault and the sign-in store (openssl rand -base64 32 \| tr '+/' '-_')
`OIDC_CONFIG_URL` Optional	Discovery URL of your own identity provider (sign-in for cloud LLM apps)
`OIDC_CLIENT_ID` Optional	Client ID registered at your identity provider
`OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET` Optional, secret	Client secret registered at your identity provider
`BASE_URL` Optional	Public HTTPS URL of this server, e.g. https://agent.example.com
`JWT_SIGNING_KEY` Optional, secret	Signs the server's own tokens (openssl rand -hex 32)

Details

Package	`ghcr.io/ikarusmk/aicortex:v2.7.2` (OCI, streamable-http)
First published	12 Nov 2026
Last updated	12 Nov 2026
Registry name	`io.github.IkarusMK/aicortex`

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