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Cortex MCP Server

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What is the Cortex MCP server?

Syslog receiver and MCP server for homelab log intelligence.

How to install Cortex

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.
Environment / auth
  • CORTEX_RECEIVER_HOST
    required

    Hostname or IP of the syslog listener.

  • CORTEX_TOKEN
    secret

    Bearer token for MCP endpoint authentication.

  • CORTEX_RECEIVER_PORT

    Syslog listener port (UDP + TCP). Default: 1514.

Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/jmagar/cortex:1.32.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CORTEX_RECEIVER_HOST": "<YOUR_CORTEX_RECEIVER_HOST>",
        "CORTEX_TOKEN": "<YOUR_CORTEX_TOKEN>",
        "CORTEX_RECEIVER_PORT": "<YOUR_CORTEX_RECEIVER_PORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/jmagar/cortex:1.32.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CORTEX_RECEIVER_HOST": "<YOUR_CORTEX_RECEIVER_HOST>",
        "CORTEX_TOKEN": "<YOUR_CORTEX_TOKEN>",
        "CORTEX_RECEIVER_PORT": "<YOUR_CORTEX_RECEIVER_PORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/jmagar/cortex:1.32.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CORTEX_RECEIVER_HOST": "<YOUR_CORTEX_RECEIVER_HOST>",
        "CORTEX_TOKEN": "<YOUR_CORTEX_TOKEN>",
        "CORTEX_RECEIVER_PORT": "<YOUR_CORTEX_RECEIVER_PORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}
VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "cortex": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/jmagar/cortex:1.32.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CORTEX_RECEIVER_HOST": "<YOUR_CORTEX_RECEIVER_HOST>",
        "CORTEX_TOKEN": "<YOUR_CORTEX_TOKEN>",
        "CORTEX_RECEIVER_PORT": "<YOUR_CORTEX_RECEIVER_PORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Claude Code
claude mcp add cortex --env CORTEX_RECEIVER_HOST=<YOUR_CORTEX_RECEIVER_HOST> --env CORTEX_TOKEN=<YOUR_CORTEX_TOKEN> --env CORTEX_RECEIVER_PORT=<YOUR_CORTEX_RECEIVER_PORT> -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/jmagar/cortex:1.32.2

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