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You can sign up with a social provider (no password to manage) or with an email address and password.
Cognee Cloud supports Google and GitHub sign-in, as well as email + password.

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Sign up

1

Open the console

Go to platform.cognee.ai and choose Sign up with Google, Sign up with GitHub, or enter an email and password (at least 8 characters, confirmed).
2

Authorize or verify

For a social provider, approve the OAuth prompt — Cognee uses the provider for identity only. For email + password, check your inbox and click the verification link to confirm your address.
3

Account created

Your account is created and ready to use.

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Email verification

When you sign up with email and password, you must verify your email before signing in:
  1. After registering, you are prompted to verify your email and a verification message is sent to your address.
  2. Clicking the link confirms your address and takes you to an Email verified! confirmation page (Your account is ready. Sign in to get started.).
  3. Select Sign in to return to the login page, where a Your email has been verified. You can now sign in. notice confirms the address is active.

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Generate an API key

API keys authenticate requests from the Cloud SDK, the REST API, and agent connections.
  1. In the sidebar, open API Keys.
  2. Click Create API key.
  3. Copy the key and store it securely. It is shown only once.
Treat API keys like passwords. Do not commit them to version control. Use environment variables (COGNEE_API_KEY) instead.

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Next steps

Onboarding walkthrough

Upload your first file, build a knowledge graph, and run a search.

Cloud SDK

Interact with Cognee Cloud programmatically using the Python SDK.