# apollo-skills

Skills that teach Claude the Apollo GraphQL stack: client, server, federation, connectors, Rover and the MCP server. Useful when your agent touches GraphQL code.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 119
- Author: Apollo GraphQL
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/apollographql/skills
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/apollo-skills

## What it does

The plugin brings Apollo tooling into Claude as named skills. You get `apollo-client` for React, `apollo-server`, schema and operation guidance, `rover` for schema work, plus `apollo-ios` and `apollo-kotlin` for mobile clients. `graphos-factory` is the one for turning a REST API into a connectors subgraph, with an OpenAPI spec or none at all.

Each skill runs as a namespaced slash command such as `/apollo-skills:graphql-schema`. The older `apollo-connectors` skill is marked deprecated, and the README points you to `graphos-factory` instead. On its first run, `graphos-factory` pulls a roughly 3 MB binary from the release it ships with, so the machine needs network access.

Install comes through the marketplace. Skill sets can also be managed with `npx skills add apollographql/skills` or `gh skill install`. For a fixed version, `gh skill install` accepts `--pin vX.Y.Z`, and pinned skills are skipped during upgrades.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install apollo-skills@claude-plugins-official
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install apollo-skills@claude-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
```

## When to use it
- wire up Apollo Client queries and mutations with caching
- design GraphQL schema types, naming and pagination
- wrap a REST API as a GraphOS connectors subgraph
- run a local supergraph through Rover
- connect an AI agent to a GraphQL API via Apollo MCP Server

## Example prompts
- Add a task list type to the schema with cursor pagination
- Build a connector subgraph from this OpenAPI spec
- Check how the Apollo Client cache is set up for this query

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# Apollo GraphQL Agent Skills

[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
[![Skills](https://img.shields.io/badge/skills-11-green.svg)](#skills)

A collection of skills for AI coding agents working with Apollo GraphQL tools and technologies.

Apollo Skills follow the [Agent Skills](https://agentskills.io/) format and are available on [skills.sh](https://skills.sh/).

## Installation

Install skills using the [Skills CLI](https://skills.sh/docs/cli):

```bash
npx skills add apollographql/skills
```

The CLI guides you through an interactive installation:

1. **Select skills** - Choose which skills to install
2. **Select agents** - Pick target agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Goose, OpenCode)
3. **Installation scope** - Project (committed with your code) or Global
4. **Installation method** - Symlink (recommended) or Copy

```
◇  Found 11 skills
│
◆  Select skills to install
│  ◼ apollo-client
│  ◼ apollo-connectors
│  ◼ apollo-server
│  ○ ...
└
```

## Claude Code Plugin

You can also install skills as a [Claude Code plugin](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/discover-plugins):

First, add the marketplace:

```bash
/plugin marketplace add apollographql/skills
```

Then, install the plugin:

```bash
/plugin install apollo-skills@apollo-marketplace
```

Once installed, skills are available as namespaced slash commands:

| Slash Command | Description |
|---|---|
| `/apollo-skills:apollo-client` | Apollo Client 4.x for React — queries, mutations, caching, local state |
| `/apollo-skills:apollo-connectors` | **Deprecated** — use [`/apollo-skills:graphos-factory`](#graphos-factory) instead |
| `/apollo-skills:apollo-ios` | Apollo iOS — GraphQL client for Swift (iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS) |
| `/apollo-skills:apollo-kotlin` | Apollo Kotlin — GraphQL client for Android and Kotlin |
| `/apollo-skills:apollo-mcp-server` | Apollo MCP Server — connect AI agents with GraphQL APIs |
| `/apollo-skills:apollo-server` | Apollo Server 4.x — schemas, resolvers, auth, plugins |
| `/apollo-skills:graphos-factory` | GraphOS Factory — build and iterate on an Apollo Connectors subgraph from a REST API |
| `/apollo-skills:graphql-operations` | GraphQL operations — queries, mutations, fragments |
| `/apollo-skills:graphql-schema` | GraphQL schema design — types, naming, pagination, errors |
| `/apollo-skills:rover` | Rover CLI — schema management and local supergraph development |
| `/apollo-skills:rust-best-practices` | Rust best practices — idiomatic Rust following Apollo conventions |
| `/apollo-skills:skill-creator` | Skill creator — guide for creating new Apollo skills |

## GitHub CLI

You can also install skills with the [GitHub CLI](https://cli.github.com/) using `gh skill` (preview):

```bash
# Install skills into the current project for Claude Code
gh skill install apollographql/skills --agent claude-code

# Install at user scope (available everywhere)
gh skill install apollographql/skills --agent claude-code --scope user

# Pin to a specific release (skipped during updates so it won't auto-upgrade)
gh skill install apollographql/skills --pin v1.0.0 --agent claude-code

# Preview skills before installing
gh skill preview apollographql/skills
```

`--agent` supports many hosts beyond Claude Code (Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, and more); run `gh skill install --help` for the full list.

## Releases

Releases are tagged with semver and published automatically whenever a content change is merged to `main`. The full list lives at [github.com/apollographql/skills/releases](https://github.com/apollographql/skills/releases).

| Install path | What you get |
|---|---|
| `gh skill install apollographql/skills <name>` | Latest tagged release |
| `gh skill install apollographql/skills <name> --pin v1.0.0` | Pinned to a specific release (skipped during updates) |
| `npx skills add apollographql/skills@<name>` | Latest content from `main` (no tag) |
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