# \[TECH TALK\] Get started with MCP tools for your GraphQL API today

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> **\[TECH TALK\] Get started with MCP tools for your GraphQL API today**
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> **Starts:** May 21, 2025, 1:00pm (America/New\_York)\
> **Ends:** May 21, 2025, 1:45pm (America/New\_York)\
> **Link:** <https://www.apollographql.com/events/get-started-with-mcp-tools-for-your-graphql-api-today>

# :apollo_logo_orange: Get started with MCP tools for your GraphQL API today

**📅 Wednesday, May 21, 2025**  
**🕛 10 am PT / 1 pm ET / 7 pm CET**  
**📍 Tech Talk - Virtual**  
**🎙 Featured Speaker: @watson , Head of DevRel at Apollo**

Implementing tools for your `GraphQL API` can be as simple as writing GraphQL operations, not writing custom tool code. `Graph-based API orchestration` means anyone can create an abstraction layer for their APIs that powers these tools with a single operation.

You don’t need to modify your APIs. You don’t need to rewrite your applications. You don’t even need to commit to a full platform shift. You can simply start by mapping your existing services onto a graph, explore how they connect, and build from there.

Join us for a special Apollo livestream on May 21, 2025, where we’ll walk through developer workflows to help you get started. We’ll cover topics like hot-reloading with your MCP server and leave plenty of time for live Q&A to answer your `MCP` questions.

**[RSVP + SHARE](https://www.apollographql.com/events/get-started-with-mcp-tools-for-your-graphql-api-today)**

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**Author:** ![Chauntay\_Lawson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.apollographql.com/chauntay_lawson/32/5424_2.png) [@Chauntay\_Lawson](https://community.apollographql.com/u/Chauntay_Lawson)\
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