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

🛠️ 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

1. Set up environment variables:

cp .env.sample .env

1. 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

1. Start the services:

docker compose up -d

1. 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 🌐

Service	Port	Purpose
Neo4j Browser	7474	Web interface for graph visualization
Neo4j Bolt	7687	Database connection
Graphiti MCP	8000	MCP server endpoint

Environment Variables 🔧

OpenAI Configuration

Variable	Required	Default	Description
OPENAI_API_KEY	✅	-	Your OpenAI API key
OPENAI_BASE_URL	❌	-	Custom OpenAI API endpoint (consumed by OpenAI SDK)
MODEL_NAME	❌	gpt-4.1-mini	Main LLM model to use
SMALL_MODEL_NAME	❌	gpt-4.1-nano	Small LLM model for lighter tasks
LLM_TEMPERATURE	❌	0.0	LLM temperature (0.0-2.0)
EMBEDDER_MODEL_NAME	❌	text-embedding-3-small	Embedding model

Neo4j Configuration

Variable	Required	Default	Description
NEO4J_URI	❌	bolt://neo4j:7687	Neo4j connection URI
NEO4J_USER	❌	neo4j	Neo4j username
NEO4J_PASSWORD	❌	demodemo	Neo4j password

Server Configuration

Variable	Required	Default	Description
MCP_SERVER_HOST	❌	-	MCP server host binding
SEMAPHORE_LIMIT	❌	10	Concurrent operation limit for LLM calls

Azure OpenAI Configuration (Optional)

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

Variable	Required	Default	Description
AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT	✅*	-	Azure OpenAI endpoint URL
AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION	✅*	-	Azure OpenAI API version
AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME	✅*	-	Azure OpenAI deployment name
AZURE_OPENAI_USE_MANAGED_IDENTITY	❌	false	Use Azure managed identity for auth
AZURE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_ENDPOINT	❌	-	Separate endpoint for embeddings
AZURE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_API_VERSION	❌	-	API version for embeddings
AZURE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_DEPLOYMENT_NAME	❌	-	Deployment name for embeddings
AZURE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_API_KEY	❌	-	Separate API key for embeddings

* 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"
      }
    }
  }
}

1. For Docker-based setup:

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

1. Add Graphiti rules to Cursor's User Rules (see graphiti_cursor_rules.mdc)
2. 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

1. Start Neo4j locally:

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

1. 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

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