Context Book vs Cognee

In-depth architectural comparison of the Context Book and Cognee MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Context Book when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: book_create_or_update, book_list, book_get.

Explore Context Book Details

Choose Cognee when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (BYOK (Pay Provider Direct)).
• You have access to required keys: LLM_API_KEY.
• Primary tools included: Persistent and session-scoped memory, Graph, vector, and code-aware retrieval, Text and code ingestion.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Context Book Knowledge & Memory	Cognee topoteretes Knowledge & Memory
Summary	Stop re-explaining yourself to Agents. Give it the right context, right when it needs it.	Memory manager for AI apps and Agents using various graph and vector stores and allowing ingestion from 30+ data sources
Category & Scope	Knowledge & Memory	Knowledge & Memory

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context-book": {
      "url": "https://api.producthunt.com/widgets/embed-image/v1/featured.svg?post_id=1152644&theme=light&t=1779372437431"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "topoteretes-cognee": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "cognee"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LLM_API_KEY": "YOUR_LLM_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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