cognee-mcp

Category: MCP Server – Directories & Lists
Slug: cognee-mcp

Description

cognee-mcp is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes Cognee’s memory engine, with a focus on GraphRAG-style workflows. It lets you ingest, process, and search graph-based knowledge representations and make that memory accessible to agents and any MCP-compatible client (e.g., terminal or IDE integrations).

Features

• GraphRAG-focused memory engine

  • Works with graph-based knowledge representations.
  • Supports customizable data ingestion, processing, and search over knowledge graphs.

• MCP server integration

  • Runs Cognee’s memory engine as an MCP server.
  • Usable from any client that speaks MCP (e.g., terminal tools, IDE plugins).

• Multiple transport options

  • HTTP (Streamable): --transport http – recommended for web deployments.
  • SSE (Server-Sent Events): --transport sse – real-time streaming.
  • stdio: classic pipe mode (default).

• API Mode

  • Can connect to an already running Cognee FastAPI backend instead of running Cognee directly inside the MCP process.
  • Useful for deployments where a central Cognee API is shared across clients.

• Integrated logging

  • All actions logged to a rotating log file (see get_log_file_location() in the codebase).
  • Logs are mirrored to the console in development environments.

Pricing

• Open-source project hosted on GitHub.
• No pricing plans or commercial tiers are specified in the available documentation.

Links

• Source Code: https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/tree/main/cognee-mcp
• Project Website (Cognee): https://cognee.ai