diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index da862f285..cfcb62bb4 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -65,3 +65,7 @@ DB_NAME=cognee_db
# LITELLM Logging Level. Set to quiten down logging
LITELLM_LOG="ERROR"
+
+# Set this environment variable to disable sending telemetry data
+# TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
+
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 9e97d0d23..736a21024 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ git push origin feature/your-feature-name
2. Create a Pull Request:
- Go to the [**cognee** repository](https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee)
- - Click "Compare & Pull Request"
+ - Click "Compare & Pull Request" and make sure to open PR against dev branch
- Fill in the PR template with details about your changes
## 5. 📜 Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fdbf9567a..47517076a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
- cognee - memory layer for AI apps and Agents
+ cognee - Memory for AI Agents in 5 lines of code
Demo
@@ -24,16 +24,16 @@
[](https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/blob/main/LICENSE)
[](https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/graphs/contributors)
- AI Agent responses you can rely on.
+
Build dynamic Agent memory using scalable, modular ECL (Extract, Cognify, Load) pipelines.
-More on [use-cases](https://docs.cognee.ai/use_cases).
+More on [use-cases](https://docs.cognee.ai/use-cases) and [evals](https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/tree/main/evals)
+