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DataLoader

apartment 4 companies hiring Radar: Initial MIT

Batches and caches backend requests within a single GraphQL execution — the standard answer to the N+1 query problem GraphQL resolvers create.

GraphQL

Specifications it implements

What this tool does to each specification, in the role vocabulary. Follow a standard through to standards.apievangelist.com for what it actually specifies.

StandardRoleWhat that means
GraphQL serves
Using this from an agent
Interfaces
library
Install
npm dataloader
Consumes
javascript
Runtime
Runs offline Deterministic Read-only No credentials

Where it applies

Jobs this tool actually does, and the surface each one is exercised on.

Fix a GraphQL server making one database call per item in a list.
coding-agent

A specific, recognisable performance bug with a standard fix — good ground for an agent, because the problem and the remedy are both well defined.

Website
https://github.com/graphql/dataloader
Repository
https://github.com/graphql/dataloader
License
MIT — reported by the GitHub API, verified 2026-08-11
Stars
13389 · last commit 2026-07-21
Companies hiring
4 — distinct companies whose job postings name this tool, Q3-2026. A demand signal, not a deployment count.
Reading this as an agent? Don't scrape the page — this entry is published as structured data at /tools.json, against the tool.schema.json schema, using the roles.json vocabulary. Start at /llms.txt.
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