dinglebear-ai/cortex

Start the stdio MCP server (`cortex mcp`) from the source build and call tools/list; it returns the single action-dispatched `cortex` tool.

cd <host-path> && ls -la && cat README* 2>/dev/null | head -300
cd <host-path> && git log -1 --format=%H 2>/dev/null; ls .github/workflows 2>/dev/null; echo "CDP=$CDP_URL $<env-var>"; which node npm python3 pip3 uv 2>&1
cd <host-path> && which cargo rustc just mise 2>&1; cat rust-toolchain.toml; grep -n -A8 '^build' Justfile; grep -n -B2 -A10 'cargo\|just' .mise.toml | head -40; sed -n 300,420p README.md | grep -n -A6 'sh\|bash' | head -80
cd <host-path> && (sudo -n true && echo SUDO_OK); (sudo apt-get update -qq && sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -qq build-essential pkg-config libssl-dev curl git just sqlite3 >/tmp/apt.log 2>&1; echo apt=$?) 2>&1 | tail -5
export NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1; curl -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --profile minimal --default-toolchain 1.97.1 -c rustfmt,clippy >/tmp/rustup.log 2>&1; echo rustup=$?; tail -3 /tmp/rustup.log; . $HOME/.cargo/env; rustc --version; cargo --version; just --version
cd <host-path> && . $HOME/.cargo/env && export NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1 && time just build > /tmp/build.log 2>&1; echo rc=$?; tail -15 /tmp/build.log; ls -la .cache/cargo/debug/cortex 2>&1
cd <host-path> && C=<host-path>; $C --version; mkdir -p /tmp/cortex-smoke && export CORTEX_DB_PATH=/tmp/cortex-smoke/cortex.db; printf '%s\n' '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"smoke","version":"0"}}}' '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"notifications/initialized"}' '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/list"}' | timeout 60 $C mcp 2>/tmp/mcp.err | head -c 3000; echo; echo rc=$?; head -5 /tmp/mcp.err
cd <host-path> && mkdir -p .coldpass && ls -la .coldpass && cat > .coldpass/probe.json <<'EOF'
{"kind":"mcp","argv":["<host-path>"}}
EOF
cat > .coldpass/report.json <<'EOF'
{"outcome":"working","operation":"Start the stdio MCP server (`cortex mcp`) from the source build and call tools/list; it returns the single action-dispatched `cortex` tool.","operation_scope":"Query-only stdio mode against an empty scratch SQLite DB at /tmp/cortex-smoke/cortex.db. No daemon, syslog listeners, or LLM provider exercised. Browser (CDP) not needed.","steps":["Read README.md Quick start: 'Build from source with the current stable Rust toolchain' -> `just build` then `./.cache/cargo/debug/cortex --version`","Installed prerequisites via apt: build-essential pkg-config libssl-dev curl git just sqlite3","Installed rustup with toolchain 1.97.1 (from rust-toolchain.toml) with rustfmt,clippy","`just build` (cargo build) -> rc=0, built cortex 3.18.1 in ~3m22s","`./.cache/cargo/debug/cortex --version` -> cortex 3.18.1","`cortex mcp` with CORTEX_DB_PATH set; sent initialize + notifications/initialized + tools/list over stdio -> rc=0, tools/list returned tool 'cortex'"],"deviations":["Rust toolchain was not present in the guest; installed via rustup (curl|sh) pinned to 1.97.1 and apt packages listed above. Not using `mise install` (optional in README)."],"stuck_step":null,"main_blocker":null,"suggested_fix":null}
EOF
python3 -I -m json.tool .coldpass/probe.json >/dev/null && python3 -I -m json.tool .coldpass/report.json >/dev/null && echo JSON_OK; <env-var>=<host-path> python3 -I <host-path> --validate; echo rc=$?