Getting Started

Introduction

CognitionDesk is the platform agencies and developers use to build and run AI assistants for their clients. Channels, knowledge base, permissions, widget and dashboard come built in, so each new project starts from the use case instead of from the infrastructure.

Pick your door

There are three ways to work with CognitionDesk. They share the same account, the same assistants and the same API key, so you can mix them.

What comes built in

Configurable AI assistants with RAG (vector knowledge bases)

WhatsApp Business, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, web widgets

AI-generated content, scheduling, and publishing on Facebook & Instagram

Meta Ads: campaign creation, lead tracking, conversion events

Multi-provider billing: Stripe, Paddle, PayPal, MercadoPago, LemonSqueezy

RBAC organizations, project management, invitations

LangGraph-powered agent workflows and tool orchestration

An MCP server with more than 100 tools and several accounts per install

Architecture Overview

System DiagramASCII

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│           mounaji-platform (Next.js / Vercel)        │
└──────────────┬──────────────────────┬───────────────┘
               │ REST + SSE           │ Firebase SDK
               ▼                      ▼
┌─────────────────────────┐  ┌────────────────────────┐
│   mounaji-backendv3     │  │  Firebase / Firestore   │
│   Node.js + Express     │  │  Auth · DB · Storage   │
│   api.cognitiondesk.com │  └────────────────────────┘
│                         │
│  ┌──────────────────┐   │     ┌──────────────────┐
│  │   Qdrant Cloud   │◄──┤     │     AWS S3        │
│  │  (Vector / RAG)  │   │     │  (File Storage)  │
│  └──────────────────┘   │     └──────────────────┘
│                         │
│  AI Providers:          │  ┌───────────────────────────┐
│  OpenAI · Anthropic     │  │  BillingService           │
│  Google · Local         │  │  billing.cognitiondesk.com│
│                         │  │  Stripe · Paddle · PayPal │
└─────────────────────────┘  │  MercadoPago · Lemon      │
                              └───────────────────────────┘
  Both services run on a VPS behind Caddy.

Services & Ports

ServiceTechnologyPortDeployment
mounaji-platformNext.js 15+3000Vercel
mounaji-backendv3Node.js + Express5000VPS · api.cognitiondesk.com
BillingServiceNode.js + Express3001VPS · billing.cognitiondesk.com
FirebaseGoogle Cloud—Cloud
QdrantVector DB—Qdrant Cloud
AWS S3Object Storage—Cloud

Next Steps

Einführung — CognitionDesk Docs