# GraphQL Schema Design
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Confidence: medium (0.865) (verified)
Last verified: 2026-05-28
Generation: ai_structured


## TL;DR

GraphQL schema design defines the typed contract clients use to query, mutate, and understand an API.

## Core Explanation

A GraphQL schema is the service contract: it declares the available object types, fields, and root operations so clients can ask for exactly the data the API exposes.

## Further Reading

- [GraphQL Learn: Schemas and Types](https://graphql.org/learn/schema/)
- [GraphQL Learn: Queries](https://graphql.org/learn/queries/)
- [GraphQL Specification October 2021](https://spec.graphql.org/October2021/)