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Rene Fichtmueller f2470f3e56 feat: initial release — AI-powered network intelligence platform 
PeerCortex unifies PeeringDB, RIPE Stat, bgproutes.io, RIPE Atlas,
Route Views, IRR, RPKI, and CAIDA into a single AI-queryable MCP Server
for network engineers. Powered by local Ollama.

Core capabilities:
- 34 MCP tools for network intelligence
- 11 data sources unified
- ASPA validation engine (RFC 9582) with leak detection
- Peering partner discovery with AI-ranked matches
- BGP analysis and anomaly detection
- RPKI monitoring and compliance reports
- Latency/traceroute via RIPE Atlas
- Transit analysis and cost comparison
- IX traffic statistics
- AS topology mapping
- ASPA object generator and simulator
- 100% local AI — no cloud dependencies
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Data Sources

PeerCortex aggregates network intelligence from six data sources. Each source provides unique data that is combined to create a comprehensive picture.

Source Overview

Source Data Provided API Type Auth Required Rate Limits
PeeringDB Network info, IXs, facilities, contacts REST API v2 Optional (API key) 60 req/min (anonymous), higher with key
RIPE Stat BGP state, prefixes, visibility, RPKI REST API No (source app ID recommended) Fair use policy
bgp.he.net Peers, upstreams, downstreams, prefixes HTML scraping No Be respectful
Route Views Global routing table, path diversity Via RIPE Stat No Via RIPE Stat limits
IRR (RIPE DB) Route objects, as-sets, WHOIS REST + WHOIS No Fair use policy
RPKI ROA validation, VRP list REST API No Depends on validator

PeeringDB

URL: https://www.peeringdb.com/

The freely available, user-maintained database of networks. Primary source for:

  • Network metadata (name, ASN, type, scope)
  • Peering policy information
  • Internet Exchange participation (with connection speeds)
  • Facility/colocation presence
  • Points of contact for peering

API Documentation: https://www.peeringdb.com/apidocs/

RIPE Stat

URL: https://stat.ripe.net/

Comprehensive Internet resource analysis from RIPE NCC. Provides:

  • AS overview and holder information
  • Announced prefix lists
  • BGP state from RIPE RIS collectors
  • BGP update history
  • Looking glass data
  • RPKI validation
  • Prefix visibility across collectors

API Documentation: https://stat.ripe.net/docs/02.data-api/

bgp.he.net

URL: https://bgp.he.net/

Hurricane Electric's BGP Toolkit. Provides through web scraping:

  • Peer lists (v4/v6)
  • Upstream and downstream relationships
  • Originated prefix lists
  • IX participation details
  • WHOIS information

Note: No official API. PeerCortex uses respectful HTML scraping.

Route Views / RIPE RIS

URL: https://www.routeviews.org/ and https://ris.ripe.net/

Global routing data collected from BGP vantage points worldwide:

  • Full routing table snapshots
  • BGP update streams
  • Path diversity analysis
  • Prefix visibility reports

Accessed via RIPE Stat API data calls.

IRR Databases

Primary: https://rest.db.ripe.net/ (RIPE DB REST API)

Internet Routing Registry data from RIPE, RADB, and others:

  • Route and route6 objects
  • AS-set definitions and expansion
  • Aut-num objects
  • Maintainer information
  • WHOIS records

RPKI Validators

Routinator (local): https://routinator.docs.nlnetlabs.nl/ RIPE RPKI (remote): https://rpki-validator.ripe.net/

Route Origin Authorization validation:

  • Prefix-origin pair validation (valid/invalid/not-found)
  • ROA listings per ASN
  • Validated ROA Payload (VRP) list
  • Trust Anchor information