# Apollo Skills: Teaching AI Agents How to Use Apollo and GraphQL

DevFeed: [Apollo Skills: Teaching AI Agents How to Use Apollo and GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/apollo-skills-teaching-ai-agents-how-to-use-apollo-and-graphql-23220.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/apollo-skills-teaching-ai-agents-how-to-use-apollo-and-graphql>)

Author: Dale Seo

Published: 2026-02-03T12:00:35Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [apollo-client](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apollo-client.md>), [apollo-server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apollo-server.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cursor.md>), [GitHub Copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-copilot.md>), [Kiro](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kiro.md>), [Structured-data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/structured-data.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [ai-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agent.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [apollo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo.md>), [apollo-client](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo-client.md>), [apollo-mcp-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo-mcp-server.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/copilot.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cursor.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [schema-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/schema-design.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>)

## AI overview

Apollo describes Apollo Skills, an open-source artifact designed to give AI agents persistent guidance on Apollo and GraphQL practices. The article explains that agents often repeat outdated or suboptimal patterns and says the skills cover Apollo Client, Apollo Server, Connectors, schema design, and operations. The skills work with Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot.

## Source excerpt

Apollo Skills teaches AI agents to write production-quality GraphQL. Covers Apollo Client, Apollo Server, Connectors, schema design, and operations. Install: npx skills add apollographql/skills. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot. Open source at github.com/apollographql/skills