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Cognee Cloud uses OAuth for authentication. No passwords to manage.
Cognee Cloud supports Google and GitHub sign-in.

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Sign up

1

Open the console

Go to platform.cognee.ai and select Sign up with Google or Sign up with GitHub.
2

Authorize access

Approve the OAuth prompt. Cognee uses the provider for identity only.
3

Account created

Your account is created and ready to use.

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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.