cognee/docs/quickstart.md

QUICKSTART

!!! tip "To understand how cognee works check out the conceptual overview"

Setup

You will need a Weaviate instance and an OpenAI API key to use cognee. Weaviate let's you run an instance for 14 days for free. You can sign up at their website: Weaviate

You can also use Ollama or Anyscale as your LLM provider. For more info on local models check here

import os

os.environ["LLM_API_KEY"] = "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY"

or

cognee.config.llm_api_key = "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY"

If you are using Networkx, create an account on Graphistry to vizualize results:

   
   cognee.config.set_graphistry_username = "YOUR_USERNAME"
   cognee.config.set_graphistry_password = "YOUR_PASSWORD"

Run

import cognee

text = """Natural language processing (NLP) is an interdisciplinary
       subfield of computer science and information retrieval"""

cognee.add(text) # Add a new piece of information

cognee.cognify() # Use LLMs and cognee to create knowledge

search_results = cognee.search("SIMILARITY", {'query': 'Tell me about NLP'}) # Query cognee for the knowledge

for result_text in search_results[0]:
    print(result_text)