nexusx
nexusx turns a SQLModel database into two things: a GraphQL query interface that's friendlier than writing SQL, and business logic that ships as REST, GraphQL, MCP, and CLI from a single signature.
flowchart LR
subgraph Logic["Business logic — one signature, many transports"]
s["UseCaseService<br/>methods"]
s --> rest["REST / OpenAPI"]
s --> gql2["GraphQL"]
s --> mcp2["MCP (AI agents)"]
s --> cli["CLI"]
end
subgraph Query["Query surface — friendlier than SQL"]
e["SQLModel entities<br/>+ relationships"]
e --> gql1["GraphQL"]
e --> mcp1["MCP"]
e --> er["ER diagrams (Voyager)"]
end
What it does for you
1. A query interface over your database — not another query writer.
GraphQLHandler reflects your entities and relationships into a read surface
where you declare the shape you want — users { posts { comments } } — and
nexusx compiles it to optimal SQL: one batched round-trip per level, columns
pruned to what you selected, per-parent pagination. N+1 and over-fetching
aren't pitfalls to avoid; they're structurally impossible. Turn on
auto_query_config for by_id and equality by_filter; richer predicates
(range, like, ordering) are one @query method that rejoins the same surface.
Voyager renders the schema as an interactive ER
diagram, so the query interface is self-documenting.
2. Business logic, on every transport.
A UseCaseService method is plain async Python. One signature becomes a
FastAPI route (with OpenAPI), an MCP tool for AI agents, a CLI command — and a
GraphQL field. Note this GraphQL is different from the one above: it projects
business operations, not your raw data graph, and it's built AI-first
(compact describe_* discovery, no 50K-token introspection dump). The same
codebase serves a web frontend, power integrations, and an AI agent without
rewriting the logic three times.
Both pillars speak "GraphQL," but they are different surfaces:
SQLModel GraphQL (GraphQLHandler) |
UseCaseService GraphQL (compose_query) |
|
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A query interface over your DB | A projection of business methods |
| Source | Auto-reflected from entities + relations | Hand-written @query / @mutation |
| Built for | Browsing / slicing your data graph | Invoking operations (app + AI) |
| Introspection | Full (GraphiQL-friendly) | Rejected (AI-first, compact describe_*) |
In 30 seconds
The query surface — entities become a GraphQL and MCP query interface:
from sqlmodel import SQLModel, Field, Relationship, select
from nexusx import query, GraphQLHandler
from nexusx.mcp import create_simple_mcp_server
class User(SQLModel, table=True):
id: int | None = Field(default=None, primary_key=True)
name: str
posts: list["Post"] = Relationship(back_populates="author") # ← the entire resolver
@query
async def users(cls, limit: int = 10) -> list["User"]:
async with session() as s:
return (await s.exec(select(cls).limit(limit))).all()
class Post(SQLModel, table=True):
id: int | None = Field(default=None, primary_key=True)
title: str
author_id: int = Field(foreign_key="user.id")
author: User | None = Relationship(back_populates="posts")
# GraphQL — { users { posts { title } } } is 2 SQL round-trips, not 1+N
GraphQLHandler(base=SQLModel, session_factory=session)
# MCP — Claude / Cursor call get_schema + graphql_query, fetching SDL on demand
create_simple_mcp_server(base=SQLModel, name="Blog", session_factory=session)
The business-logic surface — one service class becomes REST + MCP:
from nexusx import (
query, UseCaseService, UseCaseAppConfig,
create_use_case_router, create_use_case_graphql_mcp_server,
)
class SprintService(UseCaseService):
@query
async def list_sprints(cls) -> list[SprintSummary]:
"""Get all sprints with task counts."""
...
cfg = UseCaseAppConfig(name="project", services=[SprintService])
app.include_router(create_use_case_router(cfg)) # REST + OpenAPI
create_use_case_graphql_mcp_server(apps=[cfg]).run() # MCP for AI agents
When to reach for it
- You want a friendlier query interface over a SQLModel database than writing SQL — graph-shaped reads, N+1-proof, selection-driven.
- You need more than one transport from one codebase — REST + GraphQL, or app + AI agent.
- You have non-ORM relations (Redis, search, external APIs) that should flow through the same loader / DTO / diagram plumbing as native ones.
When not to
- You only ever need one REST handler per endpoint and are happy writing them by hand — plain FastAPI is simpler.
- You want fine-grained resolver control over a large GraphQL schema — Strawberry gives you more knobs.
Install
pip install nexusx
pip install nexusx[fastmcp] # MCP support
Requires Python ≥ 3.10.
Learn more
- Quick Start — entities, DTOs, the UseCase layer
- Feature highlights — the design decisions, in depth
- Voyager visualization — interactive ER + service diagrams
- Federation — compose multiple nexusx services into one graph (same-architecture; no gateway)
- Auto query —
by_id/by_filterwithout writing@query - Clean Architecture comparison
- Changelog
- Demos:
bash start_all.sh· 4-phase AI skill
Status
Stable — follows semantic versioning. Bug reports and PRs welcome. MIT.
1 maintainer
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