cognee-how-it-works

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By topoteretes/cognee-integrations (GitHub) · data · 105 stars · scanned at commit 7718b37

Explain what the Cognee plugin captures, recalls, stores and sends, where its data and logs live, and how to inspect or turn off each behavior; check its local or cloud connection and settings.

Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.

What this skill can do

Downloads and installs other software

The author does not mention this. It runs automatically when the plugin is installed.

Found in 4 places.

integrations/claude-code/README.md, line 48`uv pip install` with that pinned version (a `uv` already on PATH, or the copy an
integrations/claude-code/README.md, line 49earlier plugin version left under `~/.cognee-plugin/uv`), or `python -m pip install`
integrations/claude-code/README.md, line 168**If local mode refuses to start.** A session that opens with *"Cognee requires Python 3.10 or newer (up to 3.14), and no such interpreter is installed on this

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integrations/claude-code/hooks/register.ts, line 270'Install one: `brew install python@3.12`, `uv python install 3.12`, pyenv, or python.org.',

Changes files outside its own folder

The author does not mention this.

Found in 5 places.

integrations/claude-code/README.md, line 184mkdir -p ~/.cognee
integrations/claude-code/README.md, line 185cat >> ~/.cognee/.env <<'EOF'
integrations/claude-code/README.md, line 197mkdir -p ~/.cognee

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integrations/claude-code/README.md, line 198cat >> ~/.cognee/.env <<'EOF'
integrations/claude-code/README.md, line 1457echo 'COGNEE_PLUGIN_DATASET="my-project-memory"' >> ~/.cognee/.env

Reads your saved credentials, such as SSH keys or .env files

This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README. Expected for a data skill.

Found in 2 places.

integrations/claude-code/README.md, line 185cat >> ~/.cognee/.env <<'EOF'
integrations/claude-code/README.md, line 198cat >> ~/.cognee/.env <<'EOF'

Runs commands on your computer

The author does not mention this. It runs automatically when the plugin is installed.

Found in 11 places.

integrations/claude-code/README.md, line 1302tail -f ~/.cognee-plugin/claude-code/subprocess.log
integrations/claude-code/hooks/hooks.json, line 12"command": "python3 \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/hook_runner.py\" \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/session-start.py\" || python \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/script
integrations/claude-code/hooks/hooks.json, line 24"command": "python3 \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/hook_runner.py\" \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/session-context-lookup.py\" || python \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROO

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integrations/claude-code/hooks/hooks.json, line 30"command": "python3 \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/hook_runner.py\" \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/store-user-prompt.py\" || python \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/sc
integrations/claude-code/hooks/hooks.json, line 42"command": "python3 \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/hook_runner.py\" \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/file-context.py\" || python \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts
integrations/claude-code/hooks/hooks.json, line 55"command": "python3 \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/hook_runner.py\" \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/store-to-session.py\" || python \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scr
integrations/claude-code/hooks/hooks.json, line 66"command": "python3 \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/hook_runner.py\" \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/store-to-session.py\" --stop || python \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_RO
integrations/claude-code/hooks/hooks.json, line 71"command": "python3 \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/hook_runner.py\" \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/credits-refresh.py\" || python \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scri
integrations/claude-code/hooks/hooks.json, line 82"command": "python3 \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/hook_runner.py\" \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/credits-refresh.py\" || python \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scri
integrations/claude-code/hooks/hooks.json, line 93"command": "python3 \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/hook_runner.py\" \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/pre-compact.py\" || python \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/
integrations/claude-code/hooks/hooks.json, line 105"command": "python3 \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/hook_runner.py\" \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/sync-session-to-graph.py\" --session-end || python \"${CLAU

Connects to the internet

The author does not mention this. Expected for a data skill.

Found in 1 place.

integrations/claude-code/README.md, line 1419- To verify, call the recall API directly without a dataset filter: `curl -X POST "$COGNEE_BASE_URL/api/v1/recall" -d '{"query":"..."}'`

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Install

Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.

if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'cognee-how-it-works' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'cognee-how-it-works' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named cognee-how-it-works already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee-integrations' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '7718b377ff80830822270a9e85459e8f2bd726ed' -- 'integrations/claude-code/skills/cognee-how-it-works' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'integrations/claude-code/skills/cognee-how-it-works' ~/.agents/skills/'cognee-how-it-works' && rm -rf "$d"; fi

Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'cognee-how-it-works' ~/.claude/skills/'cognee-how-it-works' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.

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Score history

Date	Version	Score
2026-11-10	`7718b37`	55
2026-11-07	`997fd6f`	55