# cognee

> cognee is an open-source AI memory engine that turns unstructured data into a queryable knowledge graph for agents and LLM applications.

This file follows the llms.txt convention (https://llmstxt.org). It points language models at the most useful entry points on cognee.ai.

## Main pages

- [Home](https://www.cognee.ai/): cognee — open-source AI memory engine for agents.
- [Product](https://www.cognee.ai/product): How cognee turns unstructured data into a queryable memory graph for AI agents.
- [Pricing](https://www.cognee.ai/pricing): Plans and pricing for cognee Cloud and self-hosted deployments.
- [Consulting](https://www.cognee.ai/consulting): Hands-on engineering help to design, build, and ship AI memory systems with cognee.
- [Research & evaluation results](https://www.cognee.ai/research-and-evaluation-results): Benchmarks and evaluation results for cognee against other memory and retrieval systems.
- [About us](https://www.cognee.ai/about-us): The team and mission behind cognee.
- [Blog](https://www.cognee.ai/blog): Deep dives, tutorials, and product news from the cognee team.
- [Academy](https://www.cognee.ai/academy): Educational content on AI memory, knowledge graphs, and agentic systems.
- [Wiki](https://www.cognee.ai/wiki): Reference material and concepts behind cognee.

## Latest 10 blog posts

- [Modular Memory Frameworks for Custom AI Agents | Cognee](https://www.cognee.ai/blog/guides/best-memory-framework-for-custom-representation): Cognee is a modular memory framework with a customizable graph layer for AI agents. Compare the best extensible memory frameworks for custom agents in 2026.
- [Memory Agents for AI Developer Coding Tools 2026 | Cognee](https://www.cognee.ai/blog/guides/memory-agent-for-ai-coding-tools): Cognee is a memory agent that plugs into Cursor, Claude Code, and coding tools via MCP. Compare top memory agents for developer coding tools in 2026.
- [What Is a Knowledge Base? (and Why Most of Them Stop Working) | Cognee](https://www.cognee.ai/blog/fundamentals/what-is-a-knowledge-base): A knowledge base is a centralized system for storing reusable information — but most fail because of ownership gaps, drift, and no clear sense of what actually belongs in them.
- [LLM vs Generative AI: Comparing Models, Memory, and Architecture | Cognee](https://www.cognee.ai/blog/fundamentals/llm-vs-generative-ai): Generative AI and LLMs are not the same thing. Learn the real difference, why architecture matters more than model size, and what memory and retrieval actually do.
- [Best Vector Database: Choosing for Search, RAG, and AI Memory | Cognee](https://www.cognee.ai/blog/fundamentals/best-vector-database): There's no single best vector database — the right choice depends on your retrieval workload, deployment model, and whether you need search, RAG, or full AI memory.
- [Memory Tooling for AI Coding Agents 2026 | Cognee](https://www.cognee.ai/blog/guides/memory-tooling-ai-coding-agents): Cognee gives AI coding agents persistent codebase memory via a graph layer. Explore the best memory tooling options for AI coding agents and assistants in 2026.
- [Persistent Codebase Memory for Coding Agents 2026 | Cognee](https://www.cognee.ai/blog/guides/ai-coding-agent-persistent-codebase-memory): Cognee indexes codebases into queryable knowledge graphs for AI coding agents. Learn the best way to add persistent codebase memory to a coding agent in 2026.
- [Qdrant TurboQuant Cuts Cognee Vector Memory 8x](https://www.cognee.ai/blog/integrations/qdrant-turboquant-vector-memory): Use Qdrant TurboQuant in cognee with one env var to shrink stored vectors by about 8x without retraining, codebooks, or per-dataset tuning.
- [Long Term Memory AI: Why Agents Forget | Cognee](https://www.cognee.ai/blog/fundamentals/long-term-memory-ai): Long term memory AI is more than chat history or larger context windows. Learn what agents should keep, retrieve, update, and forget.
- [Air-Gapped AI Memory for Enterprise Deployment | Cognee 2026](https://www.cognee.ai/blog/guides/air-gapped-memory-framework-enterprise): Cognee is an open-source AI memory engine for air-gapped enterprises. Compare the best self-hosted memory frameworks for secure enterprise AI in 2026.