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io.github.j0hanz/cortex-mcp

Cortex MCP — Multi-Level Reasoning Server

Is the Cortex MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-11-01.

Multi-level reasoning MCP server with configurable depth levels

alive probed 2026-11-14 · unchanged since 2026-11-01

1tools
1.2ktokens in Claude
0.6 %of Claude's 200k window
0.5×the median server
462 msto initialize
21 msto list tools
Run it
npx -y @j0hanz/cortex-mcp@1.11.0 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host
npmjs.com
Reports itself as
cortex-mcp 1.11.0
Capabilities
completions, logging, prompts, resources, tools
Instructions
240 characters
Of a 1M window
0.1 % of a 1M context window
Count
1.2k tokens in Claude, exact, measured 2026-10-25. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 1.2k. The o200k_base estimate is 703. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository
https://github.com/j0hanz/cortex-mcp
Website
https://github.com/j0hanz/cortex-mcp#readme
Registry
active, updated 2026-03-06 · registry entry
Changes
2 recorded, reachable in 2 of them. A row is added when the result, the tool count or the cost changes.

Most expensive tools

The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.74×.

Tool≈ Claude tokenso200k estimateShare of this server
reasoning_think1 226703100 %

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History

We add a row when the result changes. A server with no change keeps its last row.

ProbedResultInitToolsClaudeo200k
2026-10-25 06:54alive352 ms11.2k703
2026-10-18 06:41alive462 ms1703

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