Graphiti MCP Server 🧠

🌟 A powerful knowledge graph server for AI agents, built with Neo4j and integrated with Model Context Protocol (MCP).

🚀 Features

• 🔄 Dynamic knowledge graph management with Neo4j

• 🤖 Seamless integration with OpenAI models

• 🔌 MCP (Model Context Protocol) support

• 🐳 Docker-ready deployment

• 🎯 Custom entity extraction capabilities

• 🔍 Advanced semantic search functionality

Related MCP server: GrACE-MCP

🛠️ Installation

Prerequisites

• Docker and Docker Compose

• Python 3.10 or higher

• OpenAI API key

• Minimum 4GB RAM (recommended 8GB)

• 2GB free disk space

Quick Start 🚀

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/gifflet/graphiti-mcp-server.git
cd graphiti-mcp-server

2. Set up environment variables:

cp .env.sample .env

3. Edit .env with your configuration:

# Required for LLM operations
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here
MODEL_NAME=gpt-4.1-mini

# Optional: Custom OpenAI endpoint (e.g., for proxies)
# OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.openai.com/v1

# Neo4j Configuration (defaults work with Docker)
NEO4J_URI=bolt://neo4j:7687
NEO4J_USER=neo4j
NEO4J_PASSWORD=demodemo

4. Start the services:

docker compose up -d

5. Verify installation:

# Check if services are running
docker compose ps

# Check logs
docker compose logs graphiti-mcp

Alternative: Environment Variables

You can run with environment variables directly:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your_key MODEL_NAME=gpt-4.1-mini docker compose up

🔧 Configuration

Service Ports 🌐

Environment Variables 🔧

OpenAI Configuration

Neo4j Configuration

Server Configuration

Azure OpenAI Configuration (Optional)

For Azure OpenAI deployments, use these environment variables instead of the standard OpenAI configuration:

* Required when using Azure OpenAI

Notes:

• OPENAI_BASE_URL is consumed directly by the OpenAI Python SDK, useful for proxy configurations or custom endpoints

• SEMAPHORE_LIMIT controls concurrent LLM API calls - decrease if you encounter rate limits, increase for higher throughput

• Azure configuration is an alternative to standard OpenAI - don't mix both configurations

Neo4j Settings 🗄️

Default configuration for Neo4j:

• Username: neo4j

• Password: demodemo

• URI: bolt://neo4j:7687 (within Docker network)

• Memory settings optimized for development

Docker Environment Variables 🐳

You can run with environment variables directly:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your_key MODEL_NAME=gpt-4.1-mini docker compose up

For Azure OpenAI:

AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT=https://your-resource.openai.azure.com \
AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION=2024-02-01 \
AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME=your-deployment \
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_key \
docker compose up

🔌 Integration

Cursor IDE Integration 🖥️

1. Configure Cursor MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Graphiti": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "graphiti_mcp_server.py"],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

2. For Docker-based setup:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Graphiti": {
      "url": "http://localhost:8000/sse"
    }
  }
}

3. Add Graphiti rules to Cursor's User Rules (see graphiti_cursor_rules.mdc)

4. Start an agent session in Cursor

Other MCP Clients

The server supports standard MCP transports:

• SSE (Server-Sent Events): http://localhost:8000/sse

• WebSocket: ws://localhost:8000/ws

• Stdio: Direct process communication

💻 Development

Local Development Setup

1. Install dependencies:

# Using uv (recommended)
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
uv sync

# Or using pip
pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Start Neo4j locally:

docker run -d \
  --name neo4j-dev \
  -p 7474:7474 -p 7687:7687 \
  -e NEO4J_AUTH=neo4j/demodemo \
  neo4j:5.26.0

3. Run the server:

# Set environment variables
export OPENAI_API_KEY=your_key
export NEO4J_URI=bolt://localhost:7687

# Run with stdio transport
uv run graphiti_mcp_server.py

# Or with SSE transport
uv run graphiti_mcp_server.py --transport sse --use-custom-entities

Testing

# Run basic connectivity test
curl http://localhost:8000/health

# Test MCP endpoint
curl http://localhost:8000/sse

🔍 Troubleshooting

Common Issues

🐳 Docker Issues

# Clean up and restart
docker compose down -v
docker compose up --build

# Check disk space
docker system df

Logs and Debugging

# View all logs
docker compose logs -f

# View specific service logs
docker compose logs -f graphiti-mcp
docker compose logs -f neo4j

# Enable debug logging
docker compose up -e LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG

Performance Issues

• Memory: Increase Neo4j heap size in docker-compose.yml

• Storage: Monitor Neo4j data volume usage

• Network: Check for firewall blocking ports 7474, 7687, 8000

🏗️ Architecture

┌─────────────────┐    ┌──────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐
│   MCP Client    │    │  Graphiti MCP    │    │     Neo4j       │
│   (Cursor)      │◄──►│     Server       │◄──►│   Database      │
│                 │    │   (Port 8000)    │    │  (Port 7687)    │
└─────────────────┘    └──────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘
                                │
                                ▼
                       ┌──────────────────┐
                       │   OpenAI API     │
                       │   (LLM Client)   │
                       └──────────────────┘

Components

• Neo4j Database: Graph storage and querying

• Graphiti MCP Server: API layer and LLM operations

• OpenAI Integration: Entity extraction and semantic processing

• MCP Protocol: Standardized AI agent communication

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Neo4j team for the amazing graph database

• OpenAI for their powerful LLM models

• MCP community for the protocol specification

• Graphiti Core for the knowledge graph framework

Need help? Open an issue or check our troubleshooting guide above.