diff --git a/examples/.env.template b/examples/.env.template
index 3bf48a935..65c1dc759 100644
--- a/examples/.env.template
+++ b/examples/.env.template
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+# example .env file for cognee docker integration
 LLM_API_KEY=
 ENABLE_BACKEND_ACCESS_CONTROL="false"
 
 
+# ~/.clawdbot/ .env file for clawdbot gateway
 COGNEE_API_KEY=
 
 CLAWDBOT_GATEWAY_TOKEN=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/cognee-config.yaml b/examples/cognee-config.yaml
index 4279c0add..5412b992b 100644
--- a/examples/cognee-config.yaml
+++ b/examples/cognee-config.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ agents:
 
         # For Cognee Cloud, use:
         # baseUrl: https://cognee--cognee-saas-backend-serve.modal.run
-        # apiKey: your-api-key-here
+        # Cognee API key is stored in the .env file
+        apiKey: ${COGNEE_API_KEY}
 
         # Dataset name for organizing memories
         datasetName: clawdbot
diff --git a/src/config/config.ts b/src/config/config.ts
index e0bfc48a5..ab78f38f7 100644
--- a/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/src/config/config.ts
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ export * from "./runtime-overrides.js";
 export * from "./types.js";
 export { validateConfigObject, validateConfigObjectWithPlugins } from "./validation.js";
 export { MoltbotSchema } from "./zod-schema.js";
+
+export type { MoltbotConfig as ClawdbotConfig } from "./types.js";
diff --git a/src/memory/cognee-provider.ts b/src/memory/cognee-provider.ts
index 11f224411..44ecc309b 100644
--- a/src/memory/cognee-provider.ts
+++ b/src/memory/cognee-provider.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
-import type { ClawdbotConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import type { MoltbotConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { resolveAgentWorkspaceDir } from "../agents/agent-scope.js";
 import { resolveSessionTranscriptsDirForAgent } from "../config/sessions/paths.js";
 import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../logging/subsystem.js";
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export type CogneeMemorySource = "memory" | "sessions";
 
 export class CogneeMemoryProvider {
   private readonly client: CogneeClient;
-  private readonly cfg: ClawdbotConfig;
+  private readonly cfg: MoltbotConfig;
   private readonly agentId: string;
   private readonly workspaceDir: string;
   private readonly datasetName: string;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class CogneeMemoryProvider {
   private syncedFiles = new Map<string, string>(); // path -> hash
 
   constructor(
-    cfg: ClawdbotConfig,
+    cfg: MoltbotConfig,
     agentId: string,
     sources: Array<CogneeMemorySource>,
     config: CogneeProviderConfig = {},
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ export class CogneeMemoryProvider {
 }
 
 export async function createCogneeProvider(
-  cfg: ClawdbotConfig,
+  cfg: MoltbotConfig,
   agentId: string,
   sources: Array<CogneeMemorySource>,
   config: CogneeProviderConfig = {},