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Use when the user wants to run cognee with Docker or docker compose — trying it out from the prebuilt image, starting the API server in a container, or bringing up the full stack (UI, MCP, Postgres, Neo4j) with compose profiles.

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Use when the user wants to run cognee with Docker or docker compose — trying it out from the prebuilt image, starting the API server in a container, or bringing up the full stack (UI, MCP, Postgres, Neo4j) with compose profiles.

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Start cognee from the Docker image

Fastest path: prebuilt image, one file

For a local try-out, do NOT clone or build anything. Follow docs/minimal-docker-compose.md: save this as docker-compose.yml in an empty directory:

services:
  cognee:
    image: cognee/cognee:main
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    environment:
      LLM_API_KEY: ${LLM_API_KEY:?set LLM_API_KEY to your OpenAI API key}
      # Single-user try-out: no auth, shared local databases.
      ENABLE_BACKEND_ACCESS_CONTROL: "false"

Then:

export LLM_API_KEY="sk-..."   # OpenAI key (default LLM + embedding provider)
docker compose up
curl http://localhost:8000/health

Interactive API reference: http://localhost:8000/docs. First requests:

echo "Cognee turns documents into AI memory." > note.txt
# remember = ingest + build the graph in one call (multipart form)
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/v1/remember -F "data=@note.txt" -F "datasetName=main_dataset"
# recall = query it (JSON)
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/v1/recall -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "What does Cognee do?", "datasets": ["main_dataset"]}'

/api/v1/recall takes the question as query. It defaults search_type to GRAPH_COMPLETION for backward compatibility — pass "search_type": null to opt into auto-routing (the SDK recall() default). The difference is real: {"query": "Why does X?"} answers with GRAPH_COMPLETION, while the same query with "search_type": null routes to GRAPH_COMPLETION_COT.

Request DTOs accept both snake_case and camelCase for every field (alias_generator=to_camel + populate_by_name in cognee/api/DTO.py), so search_type and searchType are equally valid.

The legacy /api/v1/add + /api/v1/cognify + /api/v1/search endpoints still exist and are what remember/recall call underneath; use them only when you need a single stage on its own. /api/v1/improve and /api/v1/forget complete the memory API.

Data lives inside the container by default. To persist it, set DATA_ROOT_DIRECTORY=/cognee-data/data and SYSTEM_ROOT_DIRECTORY=/cognee-data/system and mount a named volume at /cognee-data (full example in docs/minimal-docker-compose.md).

Full stack from the repo

The repository's docker-compose.yml builds from source and adds opt-in profiles. From the repo root (needs a .env with at least LLM_API_KEY; copy .env.template):

docker compose up                                  # API server only, port 8000
docker compose --profile ui up                     # + frontend on port 3000
docker compose --profile mcp up                    # + MCP server on port 8001
docker compose --profile postgres --profile neo4j up   # + databases

Postgres profile: pgvector/pg17, user/password/db cognee/cognee/cognee_db on 5432. Neo4j profile: neo4j/pleaseletmein on 7474/7687. When cognee runs in a container and the database on the host, use DB_HOST=host.docker.internal.

Gotchas

  • With ENABLE_BACKEND_ACCESS_CONTROL unset (defaults to true), every API call requires authentication — the single-user try-out sets it to false.
  • The image defaults to OpenAI for both LLM and embeddings; configuring only one of them leaves the other on OpenAI, so keep a valid OpenAI key or configure both (see the cognee-integrations skill).
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name: cognee-docker
description: Use when the user wants to run cognee with Docker or docker compose — trying it out from the prebuilt image, starting the API server in a container, or bringing up the full stack (UI, MCP, Postgres, Neo4j) with compose profiles.
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---
name: cognee-docker
description: Use when the user wants to run cognee with Docker or docker compose — trying it out from the prebuilt image, starting the API server in a container, or bringing up the full stack (UI, MCP, Postgres, Neo4j) with compose profiles.
---

# Start cognee from the Docker image

## Fastest path: prebuilt image, one file

For a local try-out, do NOT clone or build anything. Follow
`docs/minimal-docker-compose.md`: save this as `docker-compose.yml` in an
empty directory:

```yaml
services:
  cognee:
    image: cognee/cognee:main
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    environment:
      LLM_API_KEY: ${LLM_API_KEY:?set LLM_API_KEY to your OpenAI API key}
      # Single-user try-out: no auth, shared local databases.
      ENABLE_BACKEND_ACCESS_CONTROL: "false"
```

Then:

```bash
export LLM_API_KEY="sk-..."   # OpenAI key (default LLM + embedding provider)
docker compose up
curl http://localhost:8000/health
```

Interactive API reference: http://localhost:8000/docs. First requests:

```bash
echo "Cognee turns documents into AI memory." > note.txt
# remember = ingest + build the graph in one call (multipart form)
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/v1/remember -F "data=@note.txt" -F "datasetName=main_dataset"
# recall = query it (JSON)
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/v1/recall -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "What does Cognee do?", "datasets": ["main_dataset"]}'
```

`/api/v1/recall` takes the question as `query`. It defaults `search_type` to
`GRAPH_COMPLETION` for backward compatibility — pass `"search_type": null` to
opt into auto-routing (the SDK `recall()` default). The difference is real:
`{"query": "Why does X?"}` answers with `GRAPH_COMPLETION`, while the same
query with `"search_type": null` routes to `GRAPH_COMPLETION_COT`.

Request DTOs accept both `snake_case` and `camelCase` for every field
(`alias_generator=to_camel` + `populate_by_name` in `cognee/api/DTO.py`), so
`search_type` and `searchType` are equally valid.

The legacy `/api/v1/add` + `/api/v1/cognify` + `/api/v1/search` endpoints still
exist and are what `remember`/`recall` call underneath; use them only when you
need a single stage on its own. `/api/v1/improve` and `/api/v1/forget` complete
the memory API.

Data lives inside the container by default. To persist it, set
`DATA_ROOT_DIRECTORY=/cognee-data/data` and
`SYSTEM_ROOT_DIRECTORY=/cognee-data/system` and mount a named volume at
`/cognee-data` (full example in `docs/minimal-docker-compose.md`).

## Full stack from the repo

The repository's `docker-compose.yml` builds from source and adds opt-in
profiles. From the repo root (needs a `.env` with at least `LLM_API_KEY`;
copy `.env.template`):

```bash
docker compose up                                  # API server only, port 8000
docker compose --profile ui up                     # + frontend on port 3000
docker compose --profile mcp up                    # + MCP server on port 8001
docker compose --profile postgres --profile neo4j up   # + databases
```

Postgres profile: pgvector/pg17, user/password/db `cognee`/`cognee`/`cognee_db`
on 5432. Neo4j profile: `neo4j`/`pleaseletmein` on 7474/7687. When cognee runs
in a container and the database on the host, use `DB_HOST=host.docker.internal`.

## Gotchas

- With `ENABLE_BACKEND_ACCESS_CONTROL` unset (defaults to true), every API
  call requires authentication — the single-user try-out sets it to `false`.
- The image defaults to OpenAI for both LLM and embeddings; configuring only
  one of them leaves the other on OpenAI, so keep a valid OpenAI key or
  configure both (see the cognee-integrations skill).

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