Cognee instances
- Cloud instance — Your Cogwit workspace with managed infrastructure
- Local instance — Your local Cognee installation for development and testing
- Both instances contain datasets that can be synced between environments
Adding datasets
- Use the + button next to an instance to create a new dataset.
- Datasets are containers for your documents and all subsequent operations (add, cognify, memify, search). See permissions & security for how datasets are isolated.
Adding data
When you upload a file into a dataset, Cognee performs add + cognify under the hood:- Dataset menu (three dots) — choose Add files to upload files into that dataset.
- Uploaded files appear as documents under the dataset, already cognified into the knowledge graph.
Since add + cognify runs together, file processing can take a bit of time to complete. Be patient while your files are being processed into the knowledge graph.
Notebooks overview
Notebooks are interactive coding environments connected to your datasets. In a notebook you can:- Run all four operations (add, cognify, memify, search) programmatically.
- By default, notebook operations run on the same datasets as the UI.