cocoindex-io · badmonster0 · Jun 1, 2025 · Jun 1, 2025
diff --git a/docs/docs/ops/storages.md b/docs/docs/ops/storages.md
@@ -386,19 +386,7 @@ You can find end-to-end examples fitting into any of supported property graphs i
 
 ### Neo4j
 
-If you don't have a Neo4j database, you can start a Neo4j database using our docker compose config:
-
-```bash
-docker compose -f <(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cocoindex-io/cocoindex/refs/heads/main/dev/neo4j.yaml) up -d
-```
-
-:::warning
-
-The docker compose config above will start a Neo4j Enterprise instance under the [Evaluation License](https://neo4j.com/terms/enterprise_us/),
-with 30 days trial period.
-Please read and agree the license before starting the instance.
-
-:::
+#### Spec
 
 The `Neo4j` target spec takes the following fields:
 
@@ -417,17 +405,32 @@ Neo4j also provides a declaration spec `Neo4jDeclaration`, to configure indexing
     *   `primary_key_fields` (required)
     *   `vector_indexes` (optional)
 
-### Kuzu
+#### Neo4j dev instance
 
-CocoIndex supports talking to Kuzu through its [API server](https://github.com/kuzudb/api-server).
-You can bring up a Kuzu API server locally by running:
+If you don't have a Neo4j database, you can start a Neo4j database using our docker compose config:
 
 ```bash
-KUZU_DB_DIR=$HOME/.kuzudb
-KUZU_PORT=8123
-docker run -d --name kuzu -p ${KUZU_PORT}:8000 -v ${KUZU_DB_DIR}:/database kuzudb/api-server:latest
+docker compose -f <(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cocoindex-io/cocoindex/refs/heads/main/dev/neo4j.yaml) up -d
 ```
 
+If will bring up a Neo4j instance, which can be accessed by username `neo4j` and password `cocoindex`.
+You can access the Neo4j browser at [http://localhost:7474](http://localhost:7474).
+
+:::warning
+
+The docker compose config above will start a Neo4j Enterprise instance under the [Evaluation License](https://neo4j.com/terms/enterprise_us/),
+with 30 days trial period.
+Please read and agree the license before starting the instance.
+
+:::
+
+
+### Kuzu
+
+#### Spec
+
+CocoIndex supports talking to Kuzu through its [API server](https://github.com/kuzudb/api-server).
+
 The `Kuzu` target spec takes the following fields:
 
 *   `connection` (type: [auth reference](../core/flow_def#auth-registry) to `KuzuConnectionSpec`): The connection to the Kuzu database. `KuzuConnectionSpec` has the following fields:
@@ -440,3 +443,25 @@ Kuzu also provides a declaration spec `KuzuDeclaration`, to configure indexing o
 *   Fields for [nodes to declare](#declare-extra-node-labels), including
     *   `nodes_label` (required)
     *   `primary_key_fields` (required)
+
+#### Kuzu dev instance
+
+If you don't have a Kuzu instance yet, you can bring up a Kuzu API server locally by running:
+
+```bash
+KUZU_DB_DIR=$HOME/.kuzudb
+KUZU_PORT=8123
+docker run -d --name kuzu -p ${KUZU_PORT}:8000 -v ${KUZU_DB_DIR}:/database kuzudb/api-server:latest
+```
+
+To explore the graph you built with Kuzu, you can use the [Kuzu Explorer](https://github.com/kuzudb/explorer).
+Currently Kuzu API server and the explorer cannot be up at the same time. So you need to stop the API server before running the explorer.
+
+To start the instance of the explorer, run:
+
+```bash
+KUZU_EXPLORER_PORT=8124
+docker run -d --name kuzu-explorer -p ${KUZU_EXPLORER_PORT}:8000  -v ${KUZU_DB_DIR}:/database -e MODE=READ_ONLY  kuzudb/explorer:latest
+```
+
+You can then access the explorer at [http://localhost:8124](http://localhost:8124).
diff --git a/examples/docs_to_knowledge_graph/README.md b/examples/docs_to_knowledge_graph/README.md
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ Please drop [Cocoindex on Github](https://github.com/cocoindex-io/cocoindex) a s
 
 ![example-explanation](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/07ddbd60-106f-427f-b7cc-16b73b142d27)
 
-
 ## Prerequisite
 *   [Install Postgres](https://cocoindex.io/docs/getting_started/installation#-install-postgres) if you don't have one.
-*   [Install Neo4j](https://cocoindex.io/docs/ops/storages#neo4j) if you don't have one.
+*   Install [Neo4j](https://cocoindex.io/docs/ops/storages#neo4j-dev-instance) or [Kuzu](https://cocoindex.io/docs/ops/storages#kuzu-dev-instance) if you don't have one.
+    *   The example uses Neo4j by default for now. If you want to use Kuzu, find out the "SELECT ONE GRAPH DATABASE TO USE" section and switch the active branch.
 *   [Configure your OpenAI API key](https://cocoindex.io/docs/ai/llm#openai).
 
 ## Documentation
@@ -45,21 +45,18 @@ cocoindex update main.py
 
 ### Browse the knowledge graph
 
-After the knowledge graph is build, you can explore the knowledge graph you built in Neo4j Browser.
+After the knowledge graph is built, you can explore the knowledge graph.
 
-For the dev enviroment, you can connect neo4j browser using credentials:
-- username: `neo4j`
-- password: `cocoindex`
-which is pre-configured in the our docker compose [config.yaml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cocoindex-io/cocoindex/refs/heads/main/dev/neo4j.yaml).
+* If you're using Neo4j, you can open the explorer at [http://localhost:7474](http://localhost:7474), with username `neo4j` and password `cocoindex`.
+* If you're using Kuzu, you can start a Kuzu explorer locally. See [Kuzu dev instance](https://cocoindex.io/docs/ops/storages#kuzu-dev-instance) for more details.
 
-You can open it at [http://localhost:7474](http://localhost:7474), and run the following Cypher query to get all relationships:
+You can run the following Cypher query to get all relationships:
 
 ```cypher
 MATCH p=()-->() RETURN p
 ```
-<img width="1366" alt="neo4j-for-coco-docs" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3c8b6329-6fee-4533-9480-571399b57e57" />
-
 
+<img width="1366" alt="neo4j-for-coco-docs" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3c8b6329-6fee-4533-9480-571399b57e57" />
 
 ## CocoInsight 
 I used CocoInsight (Free beta now) to troubleshoot the index generation and understand the data lineage of the pipeline. 

diff --git a/examples/docs_to_knowledge_graph/main.py b/examples/docs_to_knowledge_graph/main.py
@@ -5,27 +5,6 @@
 import dataclasses
 import cocoindex
 
-
-@dataclasses.dataclass
-class DocumentSummary:
-    """Describe a summary of a document."""
-
-    title: str
-    summary: str
-
-
-@dataclasses.dataclass
-class Relationship:
-    """
-    Describe a relationship between two entities.
-    Subject and object should be Core CocoIndex concepts only, should be nouns. For example, `CocoIndex`, `Incremental Processing`, `ETL`,  `Data` etc.
-    """
-
-    subject: str
-    predicate: str
-    object: str
-
-
 neo4j_conn_spec = cocoindex.add_auth_entry(
     "Neo4jConnection",
     cocoindex.storages.Neo4jConnection(
@@ -41,19 +20,43 @@ class Relationship:
     ),
 )
 
-# Use Neo4j as the graph database
+# SELECT ONE GRAPH DATABASE TO USE
+# This example can use either Neo4j or Kuzu as the graph database.
+# Please make sure only one branch is live and others are commented out.
+
+# Use Neo4j
 GraphDbSpec = cocoindex.storages.Neo4j
 GraphDbConnection = cocoindex.storages.Neo4jConnection
 GraphDbDeclaration = cocoindex.storages.Neo4jDeclaration
 conn_spec = neo4j_conn_spec
 
-# Use Kuzu as the graph database
+# Use Kuzu
 #  GraphDbSpec = cocoindex.storages.Kuzu
 #  GraphDbConnection = cocoindex.storages.KuzuConnection
 #  GraphDbDeclaration = cocoindex.storages.KuzuDeclaration
 #  conn_spec = kuzu_conn_spec
 
 
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class DocumentSummary:
+    """Describe a summary of a document."""
+
+    title: str
+    summary: str
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class Relationship:
+    """
+    Describe a relationship between two entities.
+    Subject and object should be Core CocoIndex concepts only, should be nouns. For example, `CocoIndex`, `Incremental Processing`, `ETL`,  `Data` etc.
+    """
+
+    subject: str
+    predicate: str
+    object: str
+
+
 @cocoindex.flow_def(name="DocsToKG")
 def docs_to_kg_flow(
     flow_builder: cocoindex.FlowBuilder, data_scope: cocoindex.DataScope

diff --git a/examples/product_recommendation/README.md b/examples/product_recommendation/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ Please drop [CocoIndex on Github](https://github.com/cocoindex-io/cocoindex) a s
 
 ## Prerequisite
 *   [Install Postgres](https://cocoindex.io/docs/getting_started/installation#-install-postgres) if you don't have one.
-*   [Install Neo4j](https://cocoindex.io/docs/ops/storages#neo4j) if you don't have one.
+*   Install [Neo4j](https://cocoindex.io/docs/ops/storages#neo4j-dev-instance) or [Kuzu](https://cocoindex.io/docs/ops/storages#kuzu-dev-instance) if you don't have one.
+    *   The example uses Neo4j by default for now. If you want to use Kuzu, find out the "SELECT ONE GRAPH DATABASE TO USE" section and switch the active branch.
 *   [Configure your OpenAI API key](https://cocoindex.io/docs/ai/llm#openai).
 
 ## Documentation
@@ -39,18 +40,17 @@ cocoindex update main.py
 
 ### Browse the knowledge graph
 
-After the knowledge graph is built, you can explore the knowledge graph you built in Neo4j Browser.
+After the knowledge graph is built, you can explore the knowledge graph.
 
-For the dev enviroment, you can connect neo4j browser using credentials:
-- username: `neo4j`
-- password: `cocoindex`
-which is pre-configured in the our docker compose [config.yaml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cocoindex-io/cocoindex/refs/heads/main/dev/neo4j.yaml).
+* If you're using Neo4j, you can open the explorer at [http://localhost:7474](http://localhost:7474), with username `neo4j` and password `cocoindex`.
+* If you're using Kuzu, you can start a Kuzu explorer locally. See [Kuzu dev instance](https://cocoindex.io/docs/ops/storages#kuzu-dev-instance) for more details.
 
-You can open it at [http://localhost:7474](http://localhost:7474), and run the following Cypher query to get all relationships:
+You can run the following Cypher query to get all relationships:
 
 ```cypher
 MATCH p=()-->() RETURN p
 ```
+
 ![Neo4j Browser Screenshot](img/neo4j.png)
 
 ## CocoInsight 

diff --git a/examples/product_recommendation/main.py b/examples/product_recommendation/main.py
@@ -7,6 +7,38 @@
 import cocoindex
 from jinja2 import Template
 
+neo4j_conn_spec = cocoindex.add_auth_entry(
+    "Neo4jConnection",
+    cocoindex.storages.Neo4jConnection(
+        uri="bolt://localhost:7687",
+        user="neo4j",
+        password="cocoindex",
+    ),
+)
+kuzu_conn_spec = cocoindex.add_auth_entry(
+    "KuzuConnection",
+    cocoindex.storages.KuzuConnection(
+        api_server_url="http://localhost:8123",
+    ),
+)
+
+# SELECT ONE GRAPH DATABASE TO USE
+# This example can use either Neo4j or Kuzu as the graph database.
+# Please make sure only one branch is live and others are commented out.
+
+# Use Neo4j
+GraphDbSpec = cocoindex.storages.Neo4j
+GraphDbConnection = cocoindex.storages.Neo4jConnection
+GraphDbDeclaration = cocoindex.storages.Neo4jDeclaration
+conn_spec = neo4j_conn_spec
+
+# Use Kuzu
+#  GraphDbSpec = cocoindex.storages.Kuzu
+#  GraphDbConnection = cocoindex.storages.KuzuConnection
+#  GraphDbDeclaration = cocoindex.storages.KuzuDeclaration
+#  conn_spec = kuzu_conn_spec
+
+
 # Template for rendering product information as markdown to provide information to LLMs
 PRODUCT_TEMPLATE = """
 # {{ title }}
@@ -77,34 +109,6 @@ def extract_product_info(product: cocoindex.Json, filename: str) -> ProductInfo:
     )
 
 
-neo4j_conn_spec = cocoindex.add_auth_entry(
-    "Neo4jConnection",
-    cocoindex.storages.Neo4jConnection(
-        uri="bolt://localhost:7687",
-        user="neo4j",
-        password="cocoindex",
-    ),
-)
-kuzu_conn_spec = cocoindex.add_auth_entry(
-    "KuzuConnection",
-    cocoindex.storages.KuzuConnection(
-        api_server_url="http://localhost:8123",
-    ),
-)
-
-# Use Neo4j as the graph database
-GraphDbSpec = cocoindex.storages.Neo4j
-GraphDbConnection = cocoindex.storages.Neo4jConnection
-GraphDbDeclaration = cocoindex.storages.Neo4jDeclaration
-conn_spec = neo4j_conn_spec
-
-# Use Kuzu as the graph database
-#  GraphDbSpec = cocoindex.storages.Kuzu
-#  GraphDbConnection = cocoindex.storages.KuzuConnection
-#  GraphDbDeclaration = cocoindex.storages.KuzuDeclaration
-#  conn_spec = kuzu_conn_spec
-
-
 @cocoindex.flow_def(name="StoreProduct")
 def store_product_flow(
     flow_builder: cocoindex.FlowBuilder, data_scope: cocoindex.DataScope