Use when the user wants to connect cognee to external services — switching LLM or embedding providers (OpenAI, Azure, Gemini, Anthropic, Ollama, OpenRouter), changing databases (Postgres, PGVector, Neo4j, Neptune, Turso), S3 storage, or the MCP server for IDE integration.
cognee-docker
cognee-docker is an open-source backend skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by topoteretes. Its author describes it as: “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 compos…”. The project has 30k stars on GitHub and is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee ~/.claude/skills/cognee-docker`.
What cognee-docker does
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:
Installation
Add cognee-docker to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee ~/.claude/skills/cognee-dockerAlways review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.
What's inside
The SKILL.md for cognee-docker is organised into these sections:
- Fastest path: prebuilt image, one file
- Full stack from the repo
- Gotchas
When to use it
Reach for cognee-docker when you want backend help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.
Strengths
- Clear Apache-2.0 license — safe to read and adapt
- Ships in topoteretes/cognee, an established project with 30,102 GitHub stars
- Actively maintained (recent commits)
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does cognee-docker do?
- 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.
- How do I install cognee-docker?
- Run git clone https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee ~/.claude/skills/cognee-docker in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee before installing.
- Is cognee-docker free to use?
- Yes. cognee-docker is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Where does cognee-docker come from?
- cognee-docker ships inside topoteretes/cognee, a repository that contains 11 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 30,102 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
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