Why I dropped using REST for MCPs and started using GraphQL.
This talk details replacing REST with GraphQL for MCPs, showing 35% latency reduction, 40% token savings, and simpler AI integration for relational data.
Overview
GraphQL offers huge benefits over REST for querying relational data. Yet almost no examples online use it.
i’ll present how huge impact on quality of tool calling, reducing the network load & tokens usage GraphQL has when implemented as MCPs.
I’ll cover:
when should MCP use GraphQL
how to implement MCP with GraphQL-like interface
how to use MCPs that use GraphQL-like interface
real-life impact on development speed, infrastructure, llm costs.
