Cognee Responses API
Response generation endpoints using the knowledge graph.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Cognee Responses API
description: Cognee API with Bearer token and Cookie auth
version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://{tenant}.aws.cognee.ai
description: 'Cognee Cloud: your tenant pod, named in the platform.cognee.ai dashboard'
variables:
tenant:
default: your-tenant
description: Your tenant name, shown in the Cognee Cloud dashboard
- url: http://localhost:8000
description: 'Self-hosted: a locally running cognee server'
security:
- BearerAuth: []
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Responses
description: Response generation endpoints using the knowledge graph.
paths:
/api/v1/responses/:
post:
tags:
- Responses
summary: Create Response
description: 'OpenAI-compatible responses endpoint with function calling support.
This endpoint provides OpenAI-compatible API responses with integrated
function calling capabilities for Cognee operations.
## Request Parameters
- **input** (str): The input text to process
- **model** (str): The model to use for processing
- **tools** (Optional[List[Dict]]): Available tools for function calling
- **tool_choice** (Any): Tool selection strategy (default: "auto")
- **temperature** (float): Response randomness (default: 1.0)
- **maxCompletionTokens** (Optional[int]): Upper bound on tokens generated for the
completion.
- **user** (Optional[str]): OpenAI-compatible end-user identifier passed in the
request body.
## Response
Returns an OpenAI-compatible response body with function call results.
## Error Codes
- **400 Bad Request**: Invalid request parameters
- **500 Internal Server Error**: Error processing request
## Notes
- Compatible with OpenAI API format
- Supports function calling with Cognee tools
- Tool calls run as the authenticated caller, never as another user
- Uses default tools if none provided'
operationId: create_response_api_v1_responses__post
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseRequest'
required: true
responses:
'200':
description: Successful Response
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseBody'
'422':
description: Validation Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
security:
- BearerAuth: []
- ApiKeyAuth: []
components:
schemas:
HTTPValidationError:
properties:
detail:
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
type: array
title: Detail
type: object
title: HTTPValidationError
ResponseBody:
properties:
id:
type: string
title: Id
created:
type: integer
title: Created
model:
type: string
title: Model
object:
type: string
title: Object
default: response
status:
type: string
title: Status
default: completed
toolCalls:
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseToolCall'
type: array
title: Toolcalls
usage:
anyOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatUsage'
- type: 'null'
metadata:
additionalProperties: true
type: object
title: Metadata
type: object
required:
- model
- toolCalls
title: ResponseBody
description: Response body for the new responses endpoint
FunctionCall:
properties:
name:
type: string
title: Name
arguments:
type: string
title: Arguments
type: object
required:
- name
- arguments
title: FunctionCall
description: Function call made by the assistant
FunctionParameters:
properties:
type:
type: string
title: Type
default: object
properties:
additionalProperties:
additionalProperties: true
type: object
type: object
title: Properties
required:
anyOf:
- items:
type: string
type: array
- type: 'null'
title: Required
type: object
required:
- properties
title: FunctionParameters
description: JSON Schema for function parameters
ToolFunction:
properties:
type:
type: string
title: Type
default: function
function:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Function'
type: object
required:
- function
title: ToolFunction
description: Tool function wrapper (for OpenAI compatibility)
ResponseToolCall:
properties:
id:
type: string
title: Id
type:
type: string
title: Type
default: function
function:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FunctionCall'
output:
anyOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/ToolCallOutput'
- type: 'null'
type: object
required:
- function
title: ResponseToolCall
description: Tool call in a response
ChatUsage:
properties:
prompt_tokens:
type: integer
title: Prompt Tokens
default: 0
completion_tokens:
type: integer
title: Completion Tokens
default: 0
total_tokens:
type: integer
title: Total Tokens
default: 0
type: object
title: ChatUsage
description: Token usage information
ValidationError:
properties:
loc:
items:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: integer
type: array
title: Location
msg:
type: string
title: Message
type:
type: string
title: Error Type
input:
title: Input
ctx:
type: object
title: Context
type: object
required:
- loc
- msg
- type
title: ValidationError
ResponseRequest:
properties:
model:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CogneeModel'
default: cognee-v1
input:
type: string
title: Input
tools:
anyOf:
- items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ToolFunction'
type: array
- type: 'null'
title: Tools
toolChoice:
anyOf:
- type: string
- additionalProperties: true
type: object
- type: 'null'
title: Toolchoice
default: auto
user:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
title: User
temperature:
anyOf:
- type: number
- type: 'null'
title: Temperature
default: 1.0
maxCompletionTokens:
anyOf:
- type: integer
- type: 'null'
title: Maxcompletiontokens
type: object
required:
- input
title: ResponseRequest
description: Request body for the new responses endpoint (OpenAI Responses API format)
Function:
properties:
name:
type: string
title: Name
description:
type: string
title: Description
parameters:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FunctionParameters'
type: object
required:
- name
- description
- parameters
title: Function
description: Function definition compatible with OpenAI's format
CogneeModel:
type: string
enum:
- cognee-v1
title: CogneeModel
description: Enum for supported model types
ToolCallOutput:
properties:
status:
type: string
title: Status
default: success
data:
anyOf:
- additionalProperties: true
type: object
- type: 'null'
title: Data
type: object
title: ToolCallOutput
description: Output of a tool call in the responses API
securitySchemes:
ApiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: X-Api-Key
BearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT
CookieAuth:
type: apiKey
in: cookie
name: auth_token
x-provenance:
method: harvested
publisher: Cognee
source: https://docs.cognee.ai/cognee_openapi_spec.json
note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)