GraphQLConf 2026

Coding agents are reshaping how we build software. Implementing features, refactoring systems, and shipping changes at a pace unthinkable 6 months ago. But to be successful with agents you need the right feedback loop. One that guides your agent to success, not into the spiral of death.

Ask Claude to add a review system to your product API. Without knowing what's in use, it might reshape your types, move fields, and break your deployed clients because it is missing a crucial feedback loop of what's in use in your clients.

GraphQL changes this. Every client operation explicitly declares the exact fields and types it needs. That gives you something rare: field-level usage data across your entire consumer base. Not endpoint hits, but actual demand, broken down to the individual field.

When coding agents can access this data, they stop guessing. Evolve your schema grounded in reality, not assumptions.

This talk shows how GraphQL's inherent usage visibility and the rise of coding agents create a feedback loop that didn't exist before. And why it matters for anyone building APIs that need to evolve fast.