Mergetober

Mergetober: Open Source Month with Cognee | WeMakeDevs x Hacker's Unity Mergetober is a month-long open source contribution event hosted by WeMakeDevs in collaboration with Cognee. The goal is simple: get paid to contribute to real-world open source software that ships to developers and enterprises worldwide! Event Overview Instead of building a hackathon project that gets archived and forgotten, participants build production-ready integrations for Cognee—the open-source memory layer for AI agents. Every contribution merges directly into the real product codebase used by developers globally. Duration: October 1 to October 31 Format: 100% Online & Solo (Individual contributions) Cost: Free to participate What is Cognee? AI models start fresh with zero context on every call. Cognee is an open-source memory layer that ingests documents, chats, code, and data, turning them into an interconnected knowledge graph so AI agents can reliably remember and reason across sessions. The Challenge: Build Integrations You can contribute in two ways: Path A (Pick an Existing Issue): Choose an open issue labeled INTEGRATIONS and hackathon on the Cognee GitHub repository (e.g., GitLab, Linear, Elasticsearch, Postman, AWS S3, ClickUp). Path B (Propose a New Integration): Propose a brand-new integration that Cognee doesn't support yet by opening a new GitHub issue (up to 5 issues max). Note: Alongside each PR, contributors must publish a short blog post (Substack, Dev.to, Medium, etc.) explaining how the integration works in the real world. Prizes & Rewards (Total Prize Pool: $5,000+) Top Contributor Prize ($2,000): Choice of an iPhone Duo, MacBook Pro, or $2,000 in cash awarded to the person with the most merged contributions. Merged PR Lucky Draw ($100 × 20): $100 cash prize awarded to 20 randomly selected individuals from everyone who successfully submits a merged PR. How to Participate Pick an Issue: Browse open integration issues on the Cognee repo, comment with your approach, and get assigned by @NMZivkovic before starting. Build & Open PR: Follow the Cognee integration guidelines and open your Pull Request during October. Write a Blog Post: Share a guide or real-world use case for your integration. Submit: Fill out the submission form on WeMakeDevs with your PR and blog post links (up to 5 active PRs allowed at a time). Official Links & Resources Support & Community: Join the official Cognee Discord for technical guidance and mentor support.