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Guide for building GraphQL servers with Apollo Server 5.x.

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Guide for building GraphQL servers with Apollo Server 5.x. Use this skill when: (1) setting up a new Apollo Server project, (2) writing resolvers or defining GraphQL schemas, (3) implementing authentication or authorization, (4) creating plugins or custom data sources, (5) troubleshooting Apollo Server errors or performance issues.

Use cases: backend, data, writing

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Skill name
apollo-server
Description
Guide for building GraphQL servers with Apollo Server 5.x. Use this skill when: (1) setting up a new Apollo Server project, (2) writing resolvers or defining GraphQL schemas, (3) implementing authentication or authorization, (4) creating plugins or custom data sources, (5) troubleshooting Apollo Server errors or performance issues.
License
MIT
Compatibility
Node.js v20+, TypeScript 4.7+. Works with Express v4/v5, standalone, Fastify, and serverless.
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Bash(npm:*), Bash(npx:*), Bash(node:*), Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
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author: apollographql · version: 1.0.0
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  • SKILL.md
  • context-and-auth.md · references/
  • data-sources.md · references/
  • error-handling.md · references/
  • plugins.md · references/
  • resolvers.md · references/
  • troubleshooting.md · references/

SKILL.md (first lines)

# Apollo Server 5.x Guide

Apollo Server is an open-source GraphQL server that works with any GraphQL schema. Apollo Server 5 is framework-agnostic and runs standalone or integrates with Express, Fastify, and serverless environments.

## Quick Start

### Step 1: Install

```bash
npm install @apollo/server graphql
```

For Express integration:

```bash
npm install @apollo/server @as-integrations/express5 express graphql cors
```

### Step 2: Define Schema

```typescript
const typeDefs = `#graphql
  type Book {
    title: String
    author: String
  }

  type Query {
    books: [Book]
  }
`;
```

### Step 3: Write Resolvers

```typescript
const resolvers = {
  Query: {
    books: () => [
      { title: "The Great Gatsby", author: "F. Scott Fitzgerald" },
      { title: "1984", author: "George Orwell" },
    ],
  },
};
```

### Step 4: Start Server

**Standalone (Recommended for prototyping):**

The standalone server is great for prototyping, but for production services, we recommend integrating Apollo Server with a more fully-featured web framework such as Express, Koa, or Fastify. Swapping from the standalone server to a web framework later is straightforward.

```typescript
import { ApolloServer } from "@apollo/server";
import { startStandaloneServer } from "@apollo/server/standalone";

const server = new ApolloServer({ typeDefs, resolvers });

const { url } = await startStandaloneServer(server, {
  listen: { port: 4000 },
});

console.log(`Server ready at ${url}`);
```

**Express:**

```typescript
import { ApolloServer } from "@apollo/server";
import { expressMiddleware } from "@as-integrations/express5";
import { ApolloServerPluginDrainHttpServer } from "@apollo/server/plugin/drainHttpServer";
import express from "express";
import http from "http";
import cors from "cors";

const app = express();
const httpServer = http.createServer(app);

const server = new ApolloServer({
  typeDefs,
  resolvers,
  plugins: [ApolloServerPluginDrainHttpServer({ httpServer })],
});

await server.start();

app.use(
  "/graphql",
  cors(),
  express.json(),
  expressMiddleware(server, {
    context: async ({ req }) => ({ token: req.headers.authorization }),
  }),
);

await new Promise<void>((resolve) => httpServer.listen({ port: 4000 }, resolve));
console.log("Server ready at http://localhost:4000/graphql");
```

## Schema Definition

### Scalar Types

- `Int` - 32-bit integer
- `Float` - Double-precision floating-point
- `String` - UTF-8 string
- `Boolean` - true/false
- `ID` - Unique identifier (serialized as String)

### Type Definitions

```graphql
type User {
  id: ID!
  name: String!
  email: String
  posts: [Post!]!
}

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