Cortex

Cortex (cortex.io) is an internal developer portal (IDP) and software catalog platform. It gives engineering organizations a catalog of services and entities, Scorecards that measure those entities against production-readiness and reliability standards, Initiatives for driving improvement campaigns, and roughly thirty integrations (GitHub, PagerDuty, Datadog, Kubernetes, and more) that hydrate the catalog. Cortex exposes a documented REST API (base https://api.getcortexapp.com/api/v1) with Bearer/API-key authentication covering the Catalog/Entities, Scorecards, Custom Data, Initiatives, Deploys, Teams, and Integrations. NOTE - this is Cortex.io the internal developer portal / service catalog & scorecards company, NOT Cortex XSOAR (Palo Alto Networks), NOT the Cortex crypto token, and NOT Orange Logic's Cortex DAM.

Cortex publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Catalog API, Custom Data API, Deploys API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Software Catalog, Internal Developer Portal, Service Catalog, Developer Experience, and IDP.

Cortex’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, and 6 more developer resources.

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41.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

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Software Catalog Internal Developer Portal Service Catalog Developer Experience IDP Scorecards Platform Engineering Developer Portal Developer Tools

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scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

Composite quality — 41.5/100 · developing

Contract Quality 13.0 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 5.4 / 18

Access Clarity 9.0 / 18

Operational Transparency 2.5 / 12

Contract Governance 0.0 / 11

Discoverability 6.2 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 9

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Cortex Catalog API

Software catalog entities - services, resources, domains, and custom types.

Cortex Custom Data API

Arbitrary key/value metadata attached to catalog entities.

Cortex Deploys API

Deployment events recorded per catalog entity.

Cortex Initiatives API

Time-boxed improvement campaigns driving entities toward a Scorecard target.

Cortex Integrations API

Third-party integration configurations that hydrate the catalog.

Cortex Scorecards API

Standards that measure catalog entities, with scores and exemptions.

Cortex Dependencies API

REST endpoints to list and inspect entity-to-entity dependencies (caller and callee) and the relationships used to build the service graph.

Cortex Workflow Runs API

REST endpoints for managing and querying Workflow runs, used to drive developer self-service actions and scaffolding from the Cortex IDP.

Cortex MCP Server

Model Context Protocol server exposing Cortex catalog, scorecards, dependencies, and on-call data to AI agents and copilots through MCP tools and resources.

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Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Cortex REST Catalog API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cortex REST Catalog Custom Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cortex REST Catalog Deploys API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cortex REST Catalog Initiatives API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cortex REST Catalog Integrations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cortex REST Catalog Scorecards API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cortex REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Cortex Idp Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Cortex Idp Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Cortex Idp Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Cortex Idp Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Cortex Idp Agentic Access

47 operations · 25 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Pricing

Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cortex-idp
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cortex-idp/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Cortex
kind: company
description: Cortex (cortex.io) is an internal developer portal (IDP) and software catalog platform. It gives engineering
  organizations a catalog of services and entities, Scorecards that measure those entities against production-readiness and
  reliability standards, Initiatives for driving improvement campaigns, and roughly thirty integrations (GitHub, PagerDuty,
  Datadog, Kubernetes, and more) that hydrate the catalog. Cortex exposes a documented REST API (base https://api.getcortexapp.com/api/v1)
  with Bearer/API-key authentication covering the Catalog/Entities, Scorecards, Custom Data, Initiatives, Deploys, Teams,
  and Integrations. NOTE - this is Cortex.io the internal developer portal / service catalog & scorecards company, NOT Cortex
  XSOAR (Palo Alto Networks), NOT the Cortex crypto token, and NOT Orange Logic's Cortex DAM.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cortex-idp.png
tags:
- Software Catalog
- Internal Developer Portal
- Service Catalog
- Developer Experience
- IDP
- Scorecards
- Platform Engineering
- Developer Portal
- Developer Tools
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: cortex-idp:cortex-idp-catalog-api
  name: Cortex Catalog API
  description: Software catalog entities - services, resources, domains, and custom types.
  humanURL: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/catalog-entities
  baseURL: https://api.getcortexapp.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cortex-idp-catalog-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/catalog-entities
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/cortex-idp.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/cortex-idp.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/scorecards
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/custom-data
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/initiatives
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/deploys
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/integrations/github
- aid: cortex-idp:cortex-idp-custom-data-api
  name: Cortex Custom Data API
  description: Arbitrary key/value metadata attached to catalog entities.
  humanURL: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/catalog-entities
  baseURL: https://api.getcortexapp.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Custom Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cortex-idp-custom-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/catalog-entities
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/cortex-idp.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/cortex-idp.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/scorecards
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/custom-data
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/initiatives
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/deploys
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/integrations/github
- aid: cortex-idp:cortex-idp-deploys-api
  name: Cortex Deploys API
  description: Deployment events recorded per catalog entity.
  humanURL: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/catalog-entities
  baseURL: https://api.getcortexapp.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Deploys
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cortex-idp-deploys-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/catalog-entities
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/cortex-idp.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/cortex-idp.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/scorecards
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/custom-data
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/initiatives
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/deploys
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/integrations/github
- aid: cortex-idp:cortex-idp-initiatives-api
  name: Cortex Initiatives API
  description: Time-boxed improvement campaigns driving entities toward a Scorecard target.
  humanURL: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/catalog-entities
  baseURL: https://api.getcortexapp.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Initiatives
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cortex-idp-initiatives-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/catalog-entities
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/cortex-idp.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/cortex-idp.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/scorecards
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/custom-data
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/initiatives
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/deploys
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/integrations/github
- aid: cortex-idp:cortex-idp-integrations-api
  name: Cortex Integrations API
  description: Third-party integration configurations that hydrate the catalog.
  humanURL: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/catalog-entities
  baseURL: https://api.getcortexapp.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Integration
  tags_raw:
  - Integrations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cortex-idp-integrations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/catalog-entities
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/cortex-idp.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/cortex-idp.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/scorecards
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/custom-data
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/initiatives
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/deploys
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/integrations/github
- aid: cortex-idp:cortex-idp-scorecards-api
  name: Cortex Scorecards API
  description: Standards that measure catalog entities, with scores and exemptions.
  humanURL: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/catalog-entities
  baseURL: https://api.getcortexapp.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Scorecards
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cortex-idp-scorecards-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/catalog-entities
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/cortex-idp.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/cortex-idp.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/scorecards
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/custom-data
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/initiatives
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/deploys
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/integrations/github
- aid: cortex-idp:dependencies-api
  name: Cortex Dependencies API
  description: REST endpoints to list and inspect entity-to-entity dependencies (caller and callee) and the relationships
    used to build the service graph.
  humanURL: https://docs.cortex.io/
  baseURL: https://api.getcortexapp.com
  tags:
  - REST API
  - Dependencies
  - Graph
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/
- aid: cortex-idp:workflows-api
  name: Cortex Workflow Runs API
  description: REST endpoints for managing and querying Workflow runs, used to drive developer self-service actions and scaffolding
    from the Cortex IDP.
  humanURL: https://docs.cortex.io/
  baseURL: https://api.getcortexapp.com
  tags:
  - REST API
  - Workflows
  - Self-Service
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/
- aid: cortex-idp:mcp
  name: Cortex MCP Server
  description: Model Context Protocol server exposing Cortex catalog, scorecards, dependencies, and on-call data to AI agents
    and copilots through MCP tools and resources.
  humanURL: https://docs.cortex.io/
  baseURL: https://docs.cortex.io/
  tags:
  - MCP
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Agents
  tags_raw:
  - MCP
  - AI
  - Agents
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cortex.io/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/cortex-idp-agentic-access.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/cortex-idp-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cortexapp
- type: Website
  url: https://www.cortex.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.cortex.io
- type: Plans
  url: plans/cortex-idp-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/cortex-idp-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/cortex-idp-finops.yml
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.cortex.io/pricing
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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