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CLAUDE.md from topoteretes/cognee is a CLAUDE.md file: the standing instructions Claude Code reads in that repo.

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CLAUDE.md file
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# CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

## Project Overview

Cognee is an open-source AI memory platform that transforms raw data into persistent knowledge graphs for AI agents. It replaces traditional RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) with an ECL (Extract, Cognify, Load) pipeline combining vector search, graph databases, and LLM-powered entity extraction.

**Requirements**: Python 3.10 - 3.14

## Design Principles

1. **Don't overengineer**: Simple beats complex.
2. **No fallbacks**: One correct path, no alternatives.
3. **One way**: One way to do things, not many.
4. **Throw errors**: Fail fast when the operation's preconditions aren't met. Observability (telemetry, logging) is best-effort and never changes the outcome of the operation.
5. **No backups**: Trust the primary mechanism.
6. **Separation of concerns**: Each function has a single responsibility.
7. **Be concise but informative**: No essays, but the docstrings and comments a reader needs.
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Source

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topoteretes/cognee · 33,092 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main

API

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