# Cognee: Hermes Agent plugin

> Knowledge-graph memory for Hermes, shared with Cognee's Claude Code, Codex and OpenClaw plugins: automatic recall, remember, forget, recaps and code search, on a local cognee server or Cognee Cloud.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/cognee  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/cognee  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-20

Knowledge-graph memory for Hermes, shared with Cognee's Claude Code, Codex and OpenClaw plugins: automatic recall, remember, forget, recaps and code search, on a local cognee server or Cognee Cloud.

## Good to know before installing

Runs a local cognee server (uvicorn on 127.0.0.1:8011) and a session-close watcher in the background; each turn plus its tool calls and results (redacted, capped) go to that server and on to your configured LLM provider (OpenAI by default), or to Cognee Cloud / COGNEE_BASE_URL in remote mode; turns the server could not take are queued in ~/.cognee-plugin; the store lives in ~/.cognee, outside HERMES_HOME and shared across profiles and with Cognee's Claude Code, Codex and OpenClaw plugins; cognee sends anonymous telemetry unless TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1.

From the plugin's catalog listing.

## How to install

1. Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs, then asks whether to turn it on.

```bash
hermes plugins install cognee
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable cognee
```

3. Restart Hermes so it loads the plugin.

Some plugins also need a sign-in or settings: see the official page. Memory plugins ask whether to become your memory provider instead. Steps follow the official plugins guide: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/plugins

## Facts

- Category: Memory & notes
- Maintained by: topoteretes (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Adds tools: `cognee_recall`, `cognee_remember`, `cognee_forget`, `cognee_switch_dataset`, `cognee_code_search`, `cognee_recap`
- Version: 1.3.2
- In the catalog since: 2026-09-21, updated 2026-10-20

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/cognee)
- [Source code](https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee-integrations/tree/main/integrations/hermes-agent#readme)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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