When to Use

Rendering a Neo4j graph in a browser (vanilla JS, React, Vite) with custom interactions, rendering, or data shapes
Visualizing driver.executeQuery results as an interactive graph
Wiring zoom, pan, drag, click, hover, lasso, or box-select interactions
Embedding NVL inside an existing app and synchronizing graph state

When NOT to Use

Pre-styled embedded graph view with default behavior, no custom interactions → GraphVisualization from @neo4j-ndl/react (Neo4j Needle / NDL design system) — wraps NVL with default Neo4j styling. See Use NVL or the Needle Component? below.
Python / Jupyter notebook graph visualization → neo4j/python-graph-visualization (the Python port of NVL)
Writing/optimizing Cypher → neo4j-cypher-skill
Driver setup / executeQuery / sessions → neo4j-driver-javascript-skill
Server-side data fetching with no rendering → neo4j-driver-javascript-skill
GDS algorithm execution → neo4j-gds-skill or neo4j-aura-graph-analytics-skill
GraphQL API → neo4j-graphql-skill