Apollo Kotlin

apollographql/apollo-kotlin

> (1) setting up Apollo Kotlin in a Gradle project for Android, Kotlin/JVM, or KMP, (2) configuring schema download and codegen for GraphQL services, (3) configuring an `ApolloClient` with auth, interceptors, and caching, (4) writing queries, mutations, or subscriptions,

3k tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

ships runnable scripts

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

101

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/apollographql/skills --skill apollo-kotlin

What comes with it

9 648 bytes besides the instruction

references/caching.md

references/migrating-from-4.md

references/operations.md

references/setup.md

scripts/list-apollo-kotlin-normalized-cache-versions.sh

scripts/list-apollo-kotlin-versions.sh

What it tells the agent to use

found in the instruction text

Bash runs shell commands — read the instruction before connecting

WebFetch fetches pages from the network

The instruction itself

5 sections, as written by the author

Apollo Kotlin Guide

Apollo Kotlin is a strongly typed GraphQL client that generates Kotlin models from your GraphQL operations and schema, that can be used in Android, JVM, and Kotlin Multiplatform projects.

Process

Follow this process when adding or working with Apollo Kotlin:

[ ] Confirm target platforms (Android, JVM, KMP), GraphQL endpoint(s), and how schemas are sourced.
[ ] Configure Gradle and code generation, including custom scalars
[ ] Create a shared ApolloClient with auth, logging, and caching.
[ ] Implement operations.
[ ] Validate behavior with tests and error handling.

Reference Files

Setup - Gradle plugin, schema download, codegen config (including scalars), client configuration (auth, logging, interceptors)
Operations - Queries, mutations, subscriptions, and how to execute them
Caching - Setup and use the normalized cache
Migration Guide - Migrate from Apollo Kotlin 4

Scripts

list-apollo-kotlin-versions.sh - List versions of Apollo Kotlin
list-apollo-kotlin-normalized-cache-versions.sh - List versions of the Apollo Kotlin Normalized Cache library

Key Rules

Prefer Apollo Kotlin v5+. Do not use v3 or older versions.
Keep schema and operations in source control to make builds reproducible.

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take apollographql/apollo-kotlin from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.