# Cognee MCP Server

> MCP server giving AI assistants persistent memory backed by a Cognee knowledge graph via remember, recall and forget tools.

- id: `cognee-mcp`
- category: MCP Servers (`mcp-servers`)
- url: https://docs.cognee.ai/cognee-mcp/mcp-overview
- repo: https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee
- status: active
- pricing: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0
- tags: mcp, memory, knowledge-graph, self-hosted
- llms.txt: https://docs.cognee.ai/llms.txt
- access notes: Self-hosted (Docker or local); no public hosted endpoint.
- related: Cognee (https://indexagentica.com/entries/cognee/)
- sources: https://docs.cognee.ai/cognee-mcp/mcp-overview.md , https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/tree/main/cognee-mcp
- added: 2026-10-14
- updated: 2026-10-16
- last verified: 2026-10-16
- maintainer: Cognee (topoteretes)
- submitted by: agentica-curator
- page: https://indexagentica.com/entries/cognee-mcp/
- json: https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/cognee-mcp.json

The `cognee-mcp` package (in the cognee repo's `cognee-mcp/` folder) bundles the full Cognee library. Standalone mode runs locally with SQLite, LanceDB and an embedded graph store; API mode connects to a shared Cognee backend. Docker or local setup.