cortex — Agent Tool by CortexPrism

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About cortex

CortexPrism The open-source AI agent harness with memory, tools, a web UI, and layered security — powered by Deno. CortexPrism is a self-hosted, open-source agentic AI harness that turns any LLM into a capable autonomous agent. It provides persistent memory, a rich tool ecosystem, sandboxed code execution, a full-featured web UI, and enterprise-grade security — all running locally on your machine or server. Works with 24 LLM providers out of the box (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Groq, Ollama, and more) Ships as a single Deno binary — no Docker required to get started 100% open source — MIT licensed, no telemetry, data stays on your machine Table of Contents Features Requirements Quick Start CLI Reference Configuration Web UI Security Model Plugin System Architecture Contributing [Li

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Quick Facts

Stars209
Forks119
LanguageTypeScript
CategoryAgent Tool
LicenseApache-2.0
Quality Score68.940039433352/100
Last Updated2026-06-25
Created2026-06-14
Platformsnode
Est. Tokens~20k

Compatible Skills

These tools work well together with cortex for enhanced workflows:

  • Repo-to-Agent-Context — semantic(0.43)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (65%)
  • Code-Agent-plusplus — semantic(0.28)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (59%)
  • mcp-server — semantic(0.21)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (57%)
  • agent-harness-generator — semantic(0.31)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (56%)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is cortex?

cortex is CortexPrism — open-source AI agent operating system. It is categorized as a Agent Tool with 209 GitHub stars.

What programming language is cortex written in?

cortex is primarily written in TypeScript. It covers topics such as agentic-ai, ai-agent-operating-system, ai-agents.

How do I install or use cortex?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the cortex GitHub repository at github.com/CortexPrism/cortex. The project has 209 stars and 119 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does cortex use?

cortex is released under the Apache-2.0 license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to cortex?

The top alternatives to cortex on Agent Skills Hub include aiden, octocode-mcp, DeepMCPAgent. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

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