Cortex

A TypeScript monorepo for an MCP-first context, policy, and audit platform.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js >= 18
• pnpm 9.x
• Docker (for local development with PostgreSQL and Redis)

Installation

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Generate Prisma client (requires DATABASE_URL)
DATABASE_URL="postgresql://cortex:cortex@localhost:5432/cortex" pnpm --filter db db:generate

Development

Start the development environment:

# Start PostgreSQL and Redis
docker-compose up -d

# Run all apps in development mode
pnpm dev

Project Structure

Apps

• apps/web - Admin Web (Next.js)
• apps/docs - Documentation site (Next.js)
• apps/api - API + MCP entrypoint (NestJS)

Packages

• packages/db - Prisma schema and database client
• packages/ui - Shared React component library (@cortex/ui)
• packages/shared - Shared types and utilities (@cortex/shared)
• packages/eslint-config - ESLint configurations (@cortex/eslint-config)
• packages/typescript-config - TypeScript configurations (@cortex/typescript-config)

Commands

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Build all workspaces
pnpm build

# Type-check all workspaces
pnpm check-types

# Lint all workspaces
pnpm lint

# Format code
pnpm format

# Run dev servers
pnpm dev

Database Commands

# Generate Prisma client
pnpm --filter db db:generate

# Validate Prisma schema
pnpm --filter db db:validate

# Create a new migration
pnpm --filter db db:migrate

# Apply pending migrations (production)
pnpm --filter db db:migrate:deploy

Docker Services

The docker-compose.yml provides:

• PostgreSQL 16 - Available at localhost:5432 (user: cortex, password: cortex, database: cortex)
• Redis 7 - Available at localhost:6379

Start services:

docker-compose up -d

Stop services:

docker-compose down

Tech Stack

• Package Manager: pnpm (workspace monorepo)
• Task Runner: Turborepo
• Language: TypeScript
• Web Framework: Next.js 16
• API Framework: NestJS
• Database: PostgreSQL with Prisma ORM
• Cache: Redis
• Linting: ESLint
• Formatting: Prettier

License

ISC