Local UI

Cognee CLI Local UI

Use this skill when the user asks to launch the local Cognee UI, check whether Cognee is running, or report how well the UI/backend work.

Rules

• Use uv run cognee-cli -ui as the primary launcher.
• Do not use MCP for this plugin.
• Keep the process running when the user wants the UI available.
• If ports are already occupied, inspect the running services before starting another copy.
• Do not kill user processes without explicit approval.

Launch

From the Cognee repository root:

uv run cognee-cli -ui

Expected local surfaces:

Backend: http://localhost:8000
Frontend: http://localhost:3000

Health Checks

Backend:

curl -i http://localhost:8000/health

Frontend:

curl -i http://localhost:3000/

Useful route checks:

curl -i http://localhost:3000/dashboard
curl -i http://localhost:3000/datasets
curl -i http://localhost:3000/search
curl -i http://localhost:3000/knowledge-graph

If authenticated checks are needed, use the repository's documented local test credentials only when appropriate and do not expose real user credentials.

Reporting Status

Report:

• which process or command is running;
• backend health and any warnings;
• frontend route availability;
• working authenticated flows, if checked;
• broken or suspicious behavior with file references when possible.