How much does Temporal Cortex cost?

Open source self host plus a free managed platform; usage metering exists but no paid tier is publicly priced.

Does Temporal Cortex support MCP and tool calling?

Full under the Agentic Index verification standard. Temporal Cortex publishes public evidence of Model Context Protocol (MCP) support, tool calling, and API or SDK extensibility for connecting agents to external tools. Evidence basis: Exposes an MCP server, A2A, a REST API, an npm package, and framework SDK integrations (github.com, temporal-cortex.com). Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

Can Temporal Cortex be self hosted or run in a private VPC?

Full under the Agentic Index verification standard. Temporal Cortex publishes public evidence of self hosted or private VPC deployment, along with data residency options for controlling where agent data is processed and stored. Evidence basis: Ships an open source self host server with zero infrastructure alongside a free managed platform (temporal-cortex.com, github.com). Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

Does Temporal Cortex give you tracing and observability into agent runs?

Full under the Agentic Index verification standard. Temporal Cortex publishes public evidence of tracing, observability and audit logging into agent runs, so a team can see what an agent did and why. Evidence basis: A usage dashboard and metering track tool calls per agent and team, connected calendars, and billing (github.com). Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

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Temporal Cortex

Q: Who is Temporal Cortex for?

AI agent developers, Product teams embedding scheduling, Individuals using MCP compatible agents

Q: What are the best alternatives to Temporal Cortex?

Based on documented capability coverage across the Agentic Index 14 point taxonomy, the closest alternatives to Temporal Cortex among agent infrastructure platforms are Inth, Nevermined, Cartesia, Metorial. Each is graded on the same public evidence, and no vendor pays for placement.

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Agent infrastructureprivateVerified 2026-07-09

Entry priceFree. Temporal Cortex ships an open source core for self hosting and a free managed platform; no paid tier is publicly priced.Full pricing detail

Open scheduling infrastructure that gives any AI agent reliable calendar scheduling over MCP, A2A, and REST, with atomic booking and deterministic time logic.

Temporal Cortex is open scheduling infrastructure that gives any AI agent reliable scheduling across calendars. It provides 18 tools across 5 layers over MCP, A2A, and REST protocols, with deterministic temporal computation from its Truth Engine, cross provider availability merging, and atomic booking using a two phase commit to prevent double bookings. It connects Google Calendar, Outlook, and iCloud and integrates with agent frameworks such as LangGraph, CrewAI, and the OpenAI Agents SDK. The managed platform adds multi agent coordination with distributed locking, usage metering and a dashboard, caller based booking policies, and a content firewall that detects prompt injection and strips zero width Unicode. Tool responses are returned in a token optimized format to reduce agent token costs. Temporal Cortex ships an open source core under permissive licensing with a free managed platform, and its Agent Skills work across Claude, Cursor, and more than 20 other agent platforms.

Vendor details

Canonical URL

https://temporal-cortex.com

Funding status

Pre seed. Backed by Stellar Development Foundation and Draper University.

Company status

private

Use cases & customers

Primary use cases

Add scheduling to AI agents and productsCross calendar availability and atomic bookingMulti agent scheduling coordinationAgent to agent meeting negotiation

Target customers

AI agent developersProduct teams embedding schedulingIndividuals using MCP compatible agents

Integrations

Connects Google Calendar, Outlook, and iCloud, and integrates with agent frameworks including LangGraph, CrewAI, and the OpenAI Agents SDK, exposing 18 tools over MCP, A2A, and REST.

Sources & related URLs

Related / legacy domains

https://github.com/temporal-cortex

Research sources

https://temporal-cortex.com/ https://github.com/temporal-cortex/mcp https://github.com/temporal-cortex/skills https://temporal-cortex.com/compare/

Agentic Index coverage score

6.5 / 14 capabilities · 46%

Integrations & Tool CallingConnects Google, Outlook, and iCloud calendars, exposes 18 tools, and integrates with LangGraph, CrewAI, and the OpenAI Agents SDK (temporal-cortex.com, github.com).	Full
Workflow OrchestrationRoutes a scheduling workflow across 5 layers from time resolution to availability to booking, with multi agent coordination, though orchestration is scheduling specific (github.com, temporal-cortex.com).	Partial
Knowledge Grounding & RAGNot a knowledge grounding or RAG product (temporal-cortex.com).	Unable to verify
Human Oversight & GuardrailsCaller based policies enforce booking rules per agent such as max duration and allowed hours; these are guardrails rather than human approval loops (github.com).	Partial
Security, Identity & GovernanceA content firewall detects prompt injection and strips zero width Unicode, and OAuth token refresh is handled server side; no SOC 2 or enterprise identity is documented (github.com).	Partial
Observability & AuditabilityA usage dashboard and metering track tool calls per agent and team, connected calendars, and billing (github.com).	Full
Memory & State PersistenceDistributed locking is transient coordination to prevent double bookings, not agent memory or state persistence (github.com).	Unable to verify
Deployment & Data ResidencyShips an open source self host server with zero infrastructure alongside a free managed platform (temporal-cortex.com, github.com).	Full
Prebuilt Agents / Templates / PacksAgent Skills and focused sub skills provide prebuilt scheduling capabilities across more than 20 agent platforms (github.com).	Partial
Triggers & Channel CoverageSupports autonomous scheduling over MCP, A2A, REST, and email, plus an Open Scheduling network for publicly queryable availability (github.com, temporal-cortex.com).	Partial
Model Flexibility & RoutingModel agnostic infrastructure that works with any agent but does not itself route or select models (temporal-cortex.com).	Unable to verify
APIs / SDKs / MCP ExtensibilityExposes an MCP server, A2A, a REST API, an npm package, and framework SDK integrations (github.com, temporal-cortex.com).	Full
Testing, Debugging & OptimizationBenchmarks are published as marketing content; no user facing testing or evaluation tooling is documented (temporal-cortex.com).	Unable to verify
Browser / Computer-useBrowser is listed as a delivery protocol, not browser automation or computer use (github.com).	Unable to verify

The Agentic Index coverage score grades every vendor Full, Partial or Unable to verify against the same 14 buyer facing capabilities, from public evidence only. Each capability links to how all vendors in the index score on it. How this evidence is graded

Pricing

Free. Temporal Cortex ships an open source core for self hosting and a free managed platform; no paid tier is publicly priced.

Usage metering on the managed platform tracks tool calls per agent and team; no published rate.

Free tier

Included quota

Open source is unlimited when self hosted; the managed platform is currently free.

Cost watchouts

Usage metering and billing infrastructure exist on the managed platform, so paid usage tiers may be introduced; self hosting adds standard infrastructure and OAuth app maintenance.

Variable cost rationale

The core is deterministic computation rather than model inference, self hosting adds only minor infrastructure, and the managed platform is currently free, so cost does not scale materially with usage today.

Overage / add-ons

Not public.

Sales call required

No, self serve available

Free / trial

Free open source self host and a free managed platform.

Lowest paid plan

Not public.

Key ambiguities

The managed platform exposes billing and usage metering, but no paid tier or rate is published.

Agentic Index verified 2026-07-09

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Alternatives to Temporal Cortex

The closest documented capability profiles to Temporal Cortex among agent infrastructure platforms tracked by Agentic Index, ordered by similarity on the same 14 point evidence the rankings use. No vendor pays for placement.

Inth6.0 / 14Fuller documented coverage on Security, Identity & Governance
Nevermined7.0 / 14Fuller documented coverage on Human Oversight & Guardrails and Security, Identity & Governance
Cartesia5.5 / 14Adds documented Model Flexibility & Routing
Metorial8.5 / 14Adds documented Model Flexibility & Routing and Testing, Debugging & Optimization
Skyfire6.5 / 14Fuller documented coverage on Human Oversight & Guardrails and Security, Identity & Governance
Smithery5.5 / 14Fuller documented coverage on Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs

Similarity is computed from each vendor's Agentic Index coverage score evidence, axis by axis, not from the totals. How this evidence is graded

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