Cortex

Judgement

What it is

Developer tool

What it does

A generator that turns OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, GraphQL, gRPC, OpenRPC and Markdown into interactive API docs, typed SDKs and an MCP server from one configuration.

Adopt it when

You maintain a public API and want docs, SDKs and an MCP server generated together.

Watch out

Still at version 0.1.x despite the old repository, so expect changes.

Ready for

Usable

Runs as

Command line

Built with

TypeScript and Express

How established

Established: started 11 years ago, latest release v0.1.36.

What the license allows

You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: Cortex → TypeScript → Go → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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