Ingest data with remember()
Teaches the agent to load text, files, folders, URLs, repos and databases into cognee memory via remember().
- Repository
- topoteretes/cognee
- Stars
- 33,002
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Files
- 1 file
What it does
This skill gives an AI agent the detailed know-how for cognee's remember() function, which stores data and builds a searchable knowledge graph from it. Once installed, the agent can choose the right input type, route files to the correct loader, pick datasets and tags, decide between an LLM and a local GLiNER model for entity extraction, load ontologies, and estimate token cost with a dry run before spending money.
Great for
- Developers building a cognee-based memory or knowledge graph who want an agent to load their data correctly
- Data engineers ingesting CSVs, SQL databases or dlt sources into a knowledge graph
- Teams wanting a cost estimate or a local no-LLM extraction option before ingesting large sets of documents
Skip it if
- People who are not using the cognee library; the instructions only apply to cognee's remember() API
- Ingesting sensitive data without review: URL fetching, git cloning of repositories and database connections send or read data outside the local machine and need deliberate approval
- Production graph extraction with the open-source GLiNER option, which the file itself calls a demo with lower accuracy
Try asking
- “Ingest the PDFs and markdown files in ./docs into a dataset called research using cognee”
- “Estimate the token cost of ingesting this folder before running it, using dry_run”
- “Load my Postgres orders table into cognee with append write disposition”
- “Build a graph from these notes using a custom ontology file and strict mode”
Install in 3 steps
- 1
Download the skill
The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.
cognee-ingestion.zip - 2
Add it to your agent
Claude Code (all projects)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip cognee-ingestion.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)
mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip cognee-ingestion.zip -d .claude/skills/Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.
- 3
Ask for the task
No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.
Get better results
- Set dataset_name for every ingestion so data stays isolated and easy to manage later
- Run dry_run=True or dry_run="presort" first on large folders to see cost and junk files before ingesting
- Check that the needed optional extra is installed when a file loads incorrectly, since missing preferred loaders are skipped silently apart from an info log
What's inside
- SKILL.md
Redistributed unmodified from topoteretes/cognee under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.