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.

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/jmagar/cortex:v3.9.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CORTEX_RECEIVER_HOST": "<YOUR_CORTEX_RECEIVER_HOST>",
        "CORTEX_TOKEN": "<YOUR_CORTEX_TOKEN>",
        "CORTEX_RECEIVER_PORT": "<YOUR_CORTEX_RECEIVER_PORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}