install-cortex

install-cortex is a plugin for Claude Code from dinglebear-ai/cortex. Its manifest loads nothing; the 1 skill, 1 MCP server it bundles cost 51 tokens per session together, scanned C, original, AGPL-3.0.

A guided installer for Cortex that configures and checks its MCP connection. MCP is a way for an agent to connect to an outside service or tool.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when setting up Cortex for an agent environment.
Why use it?
It reduces the manual work of installing and verifying that connection.

Plugin for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: a Claude Code plugin manifest.

Good fit Use it when setting up Cortex for an agent environment.

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Install in Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add dinglebear-ai/cortex
/plugin install install-cortex
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dinglebear-ai/cortex

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session not measured What this adds to a session before it is invoked.
When invoked not measured The manifest loads nothing itself; its 1 skill, 1 MCP server cost 51 tokens a session between them.
Security scan C 2 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin unknown No closer match found in the catalogue.
Security

Grade C, and why

install-cortex scanned grade C with 2 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 16d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

"description": "UDP and TCP port the syslog receiver binds to inside the server process or Docker container (the same port serves both protocols). Keep this at 1514 unless you intentionally grant CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE or

Reads agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ hold keys, settings and other credentials a mod has no legitimate need for.

"description": "Optional extra non-loopback OAuth client redirect URIs. Setup automatically adds Claude's MCP callback URLs and, when present, the current Codex mcp_oauth_callback_url from ~/.codex/config.toml. Server mo
plugins/install-cortex/.claude-plugin/plugin.json · 164 lines

The source is not reproduced here

Licensed AGPL-3.0

The repository is licensed AGPL-3.0, which this catalogue does not treat as permission to reproduce the file. Read it at the source.

Read it on GitHub

Contents

What it installs

The manifest is a name and a version. 1 skill, 1 MCP server travel with it, and installing the plugin installs all of them — 51 tokens a session between them. Each is measured on its own page, and each can be installed alone.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 16d ago First seen · 164 lines scan C e39c8afb4742

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install-cortex is a plugin published in the GitHub repository dinglebear-ai/cortex (3 stars, last pushed 12d ago), licensed AGPL-3.0. Its token cost is not measured: this kind of file is read by the harness, not the model. A static security scan graded it C with 2 findings (asks for root, reads agent configuration directories). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-30.