cortex-setup-project SKILL.md skillA
cortex-setup-project from cdeust/cortex is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add cdeust/cortex/cortex-setup-project@git:20260804.65395fbPins git:20260804.65395fb in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- cdeust/cortex
- Path
skills/cortex-setup-project/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260804.65395fb, committed Aug 4, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 3, 2026
- Size
- 4,604 bytes
- Repository stars
- 76
- License
- MIT
Bootstrap Cortex for a new project or import existing session history. Use when the user says 'set up Cortex', 'seed this project', 'import my history', 'backfill memories', 'bootstrap memory', 'initialize Cortex for this project', or when starting to use Cortex on an existing codebase that already has Claude Code conversation history.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Setup Project — Fully Autonomous Bootstrap
Execute all four phases sequentially without asking the user any questions. If a phase fails, attempt automatic recovery before reporting the error. Never ask the user to run commands manually or choose between options.
## Phase 1: Infrastructure Verification
1. Call `cortex:memory_stats({})` to verify store connectivity. If it succeeds, the store is healthy — this covers **both** backends (the zero-config SQLite default needs no PostgreSQL, so do NOT run `pg_isready` or any PostgreSQL setup when this passes). Proceed to Phase 2.
2. Only if `memory_stats` fails: call `cortex:check_setup({})` (backend-aware diagnostics) to identify the failure.
- SQLite backend reported: fix per the check output (usually `~/.claude/methodology` permissions or a corrupt `memory.db`); do NOT install PostgreSQL.
- PostgreSQL backend reported: run `pg_isready` via bash, then `bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/setup.sh"` automatically. Do not ask for permission. After setup.sh completes, call `cortex:memory_stats({})` again to verify.
- If it still fails, report the error output and **stop**. Do not continue to later phases.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add cdeust/cortex/cortex-setup-project@sha256:bd19a3d9a4af0665The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260804.65395fb, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Apr 3, 2026 and Aug 4, 2026, about one every 31 days.
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| git:20260804.65395fb latest | 2026-08-04 | 65395fb | 4,604 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260722.70b80a6 | 2026-07-22 | 70b80a6 | 4,598 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260417.e0217c3 | 2026-04-17 | e0217c3 | 4,203 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260404.a1a87c4 | 2026-04-04 | a1a87c4 | 2,774 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260403.f7637fd | 2026-04-03 | f7637fd | 2,406 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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Source
cdeust/cortex · 76 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xz3twzsttwxdymcq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cdeust/cortex/cortex-setup-project GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/bd19a3d9a4af0665dec9162117badcb6ea891283d7de71205f3d7e391ee2f348
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