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 "generated": "2026-11-01",
 "id": "getzep-graphiti--define-custom-entity-types-with-graphiti",
 "repo": "getzep/graphiti",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/getzep/graphiti",
 "repo_slug": "getzep-graphiti",
 "title": "Shape the graph with your own entity types",
 "page_title": "How to shape the graph with your own entity types with Graphiti",
 "summary": "Declare entity and edge types as Pydantic models so the graph follows your domain, or let structure emerge from the data.",
 "who": "A team modeling customers, products or policies that need a predictable schema.",
 "problem": "Learned structure alone can produce inconsistent entity types across documents.",
 "outcome": "A graph whose nodes and edges use your prescribed types, with room to add learned ones later.",
 "steps": [
  "Install a backend extra, for example `pip install graphiti-core[falkordb]`",
  "Define entity and edge types as Pydantic models (prescribed ontology)",
  "Ingest episodes and compare the result with what learned ontology produces",
  "Disable telemetry if you need to with `export GRAPHITI_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false`"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using getzep/graphiti, define Pydantic entity types for <my domain>, ingest <sample records> as episodes, and list the entity types that ended up in the graph.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code",
  "codex",
  "cursor",
  "gemini-cli"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Advanced",
 "time": "2 hours",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Graphiti is a framework, not a hosted memory product; you run the database, retrieval and service around it.",
 "category": "Research",
 "tags": [
  "Research"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Python 3.10 or higher; install with `pip install graphiti-core`",
  "A graph database: Neo4j 5.26, FalkorDB 1.1.2, Amazon Neptune, or Kuzu (deprecated)",
  "An OpenAI API key by default, or another provider such as Anthropic, Gemini, Groq or a local Ollama server"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "security",
   "notice": "The reference MCP and REST servers have no authentication or prompt-injection protection; do not expose them to an untrusted network."
  }
 ],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.8,
 "evidence": [],
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