Cortex for Zed

io.github.abbacusgroup/cortex

Persistent knowledge system with OWL-RL reasoning and 22 MCP tools. Local-first.

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Cortex in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "cortex": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "abbacus-cortex"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs