cortex-context CLI

CLI to initialize and manage Cortex Context (Knowledge Graph) tooling in any VS Code workspace.

Installs:

• Skills — VS Code Copilot Agent skills for Cortex (cortex-research, cortex-dimensions, cortex-ingest, generate-spec)
• MCP Server — TypeScript stdio server exposing Cortex tools to GitHub Copilot (bundled — no Python needed)
• VS Code Config — Injects cortex entry into .vscode/mcp.json

Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• A running Cortex server

Installation

# Install globally
npm install -g @cortex-context/cli

# Or run directly without installing
npx @cortex-context/cli init

Usage

# Initialize Cortex Context in the current workspace
cortex-context init

# Initialize with specific options (non-interactive)
cortex-context init --url http://localhost:8082 --token <your-token>

# Initialize in a specific workspace folder
cortex-context init --workspace /path/to/your/workspace

# Sync Skills/MCP to latest bundled version
cortex-context sync

# Preview what sync would change
cortex-context sync --dry-run

# Validate installation and connectivity
cortex-context doctor

What init Does

1. Prompts for Cortex server URL and optional API token
2. Tests connectivity to the Cortex server
3. Copies Skills into {workspace}/.github/skills/
4. Injects cortex entry into {workspace}/.vscode/mcp.json (uses npx @cortex-context/cli mcp-serve)
5. Saves configuration to ~/.cortex-context/config.json

After Init

# Reload VS Code (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P → "Reload Window")
# Then run doctor to verify:
cortex-context doctor

Commands

Workspace setup

Command	Description
cortex-context init	Full interactive setup (Skills, MCP, hooks, rules)
cortex-context update	Update Skills + MCP files to latest bundled version
cortex-context update --dry-run	Preview update changes without writing files
cortex-context sync	Ingest latest git diff into the Cortex Knowledge Graph
cortex-context sync --dry-run	Show diff without sending to Cortex API
cortex-context doctor	Validate installation + test Cortex connectivity
cortex-context uninstall	Remove Cortex Context from the workspace

Local server

Command	Description
cortex-context server	Install Docker (if needed) and start Neo4j + Cortex API locally
cortex-context server --embeddings	Start with embeddings image (sentence-transformers, CPU, ~1.5 GB)
cortex-context server --embeddings-gpu	Start with embeddings GPU image (PyTorch CUDA, ~2 GB — requires nvidia)
cortex-context upgrade	Pull latest Cortex backend image and restart the local stack
cortex-context upgrade --embeddings	Upgrade using the embeddings image variant
cortex-context upgrade --embeddings-gpu	Upgrade using the embeddings GPU image variant (PyTorch CUDA, ~2 GB — requires nvidia)
cortex-context upgrade --pull-only	Pull latest image without recreating the container
cortex-context downgrade	Switch to the base image variant (lightest, no embeddings)
cortex-context downgrade --embeddings	Switch to the CPU embeddings variant (lighter than GPU)

Token management

Command	Description
cortex-context token	Show current API token (masked)
cortex-context token --show	Reveal the full token
cortex-context token --rotate	Generate a new random token, save it, and restart stack
cortex-context token --set <val>	Set a specific token value (empty string clears auth)

Advanced

Command	Description
cortex-context reset	Wipe all nodes and relationships from the Knowledge Graph
cortex-context mcp-serve	Start the MCP server over stdio (used internally by VS Code/Cursor)

Options (init)

Flag	Description
--url <url>	Cortex server URL (skips prompt)
--token <tok>	API token (skips prompt)
--workspace	Target workspace path (default: cwd)
--local	Deploy a local Cortex stack with Docker (mutually exclusive with --url)
--skip-mcp	Don't configure MCP server
--skip-skills	Don't install Skills
--skip-hooks	Don't install git hooks
--skip-rules	Don't inject Copilot/Cursor rules
--force	Overwrite existing files without prompting

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a pull request.

Found a bug? Open a bug report.
Have an idea? Open a feature request.

License

MIT