Cortex Memory Engine

Name: Cortex Memory Engine
Author: gambletan

gambletan

Memory for AI agents that never leaves your device. Local-first, end-to-end-encrypted, zero-telemetry memory engine (Rust, MCP) — gives Claude & any MCP client persistent cross-session memory.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add cortex-memory-engine -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/gambletan/cortex:v1.8.0

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.cortex-memory-engine]
command = "docker"
args = ["run", "-i", "--rm", "ghcr.io/gambletan/cortex:v1.8.0"]

# codex mcp add cortex-memory-engine -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/gambletan/cortex:v1.8.0

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex-memory-engine": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/gambletan/cortex:v1.8.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "cortex-memory-engine": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/gambletan/cortex:v1.8.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex-memory-engine": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/gambletan/cortex:v1.8.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex-memory-engine": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/gambletan/cortex:v1.8.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex-memory-engine": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/gambletan/cortex:v1.8.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Setup

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