GraphQL Patterns Skill

When to Activate

• Building a GraphQL API (new or adding to existing)
• Solving N+1 query problems in resolvers
• Implementing real-time subscriptions
• Designing a type-safe schema with code generation
• Adding auth (field-level or operation-level) to GraphQL
• Migrating list endpoints from plain arrays to Relay-style cursor-paginated connections
• Choosing between Apollo Server with SDL-first resolvers and Pothos code-first schema builders
• Configuring query depth limits and complexity scoring to protect against expensive client-sent queries

Schema-First Design

Write the schema first — it's your contract.