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# cognee MCP server
### Installing Manually
A MCP server project
=======
1. Clone the [cognee](www.github.com/topoteretes/cognee) repo
2. Install dependencies
```
pip install uv
```
```
brew install postgresql
```
```
brew install rust
```
```jsx
cd cognee-mcp
uv sync --dev --all-extras
```
3. Activate the venv with
```jsx
source .venv/bin/activate
```
4. Add the new server to your Claude config:
The file should be located here: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/
You need to create claude_desktop_config.json in this folder if it doesn't exist
```
{
"mcpServers": {
"cognee": {
"command": "/Users/{user}/cognee/.venv/bin/uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/Users/{user}/cognee/cognee-mcp",
"run",
"cognee"
],
"env": {
"ENV": "local",
"TOKENIZERS_PARALLELISM": "false",
"LLM_API_KEY": "sk-"
}
},
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
"/Users/{user}/Desktop",
"/Users/{user}/Projects"
]
}
}
}
```
Restart your Claude desktop.
### Installing via Smithery
To install Cognee for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/cognee):
```bash
npx -y @smithery/cli install cognee --client claude
```
Define cognify tool in server.py
Restart your Claude desktop.
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