using-graph-databases

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This skill guides selection and implementation of graph databases for applications where relationships between entities are first-class citizens. Unlike relational databases that model relationships through foreign keys and joins, graph databases natively represent connections as properties, enabling efficient traversal-heavy queries.

| Language | Databases | Readability | Best For |

| Cypher | Neo4j, Memgraph, AGE | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ SQL-like | General purpose | | Gremlin | Neptune, JanusGraph | ⭐⭐⭐ Functional | Cross-database | | AQL | ArangoDB | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ SQL-like | Multi-model | | SPARQL | Neptune, RDF stores | ⭐⭐⭐ W3C standard | Semantic web |

Graph database implementation for relationship-heavy data models. Use when building social networks, recommendation engines, knowledge graphs, or fraud detection. Covers Neo4j (primary), ArangoDB, Amazon Neptune, Cypher query patterns, and graph data modeling. Source: ancoleman/ai-design-components.

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