CognetivyDocumentation
Cognetivy is an open-source state layer for AI coding assistants that adds workflows, run tracking, and persistent collections. Get started in a few steps below. For the full open-source docs, see the Cognetivy repo.
Install
Run once with npx (no global install needed):
npx cognetivy
Or install globally for use from any directory and for MCP:
npm install -g cognetivy
The installer opens in your terminal - choose your coding agent and Cognetivy sets up a .cognetivy/ workspace and installs its skills.
Set up your agent
Pick your coding agent for specific setup instructions:
Create a workflow and run it
Once your agent is connected, ask it to create a workflow and start a run. Example prompt:
“Create a workflow with three nodes: one that gathers requirements, one that writes a plan, one that writes a summary. Save it as the current workflow.”
Then start a run:
“Start a run with input topic ‘user onboarding’.”
Open Studio to inspect the run, events, and any collected data.