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What changed

  • adds an experimental baml graphql one-shot command with query flag, query file, stdin, variables, named operations, SDL output, and introspection
  • builds a stable GraphQL-facing source snapshot for packages, files, classes, fields, enums, values, aliases, functions, parameters, clients, manifest generators, tests, type references, documentation, attributes, and locations
  • emits standard GraphQL JSON on stdout, including deterministic structured BAML validation errors, and performs no network, telemetry, LLM, or server work
  • documents the public command and schema contract with copy-paste examples
  • adds focused unit and CLI end-to-end coverage for realistic traversal, fragments, variables, query files, operation selection, stdin, empty results, source locations, stable JSON, invalid GraphQL, invalid BAML, SDL, and introspection

Interface and schema tradeoffs

This is deliberately a one-shot read-only command instead of a server. It reuses the CLI global --project and --directory discovery contract, accepts exactly one document source, and keeps stdout machine-readable. Exact name, kind, and path filters cover practical lookup without introducing a text index.

The GraphQL schema owns an immutable snapshot rather than deriving serialization from Salsa/compiler structs. Public types use contract names such as Project, Class, and TypeRef, so compiler and Rust implementation names are not exposed. Compiler-generated and builtin source items are excluded. Legacy declarative tests are exposed where the current compiler AST preserves them; expression-style test bodies remain outside the MVP. Manifest generators are included because generator declarations moved from BAML source into baml.toml.

Juniper 0.17.1 is added with only the schema-language feature. It provides synchronous execution, fragments, variables, standard response serialization, introspection, and deterministically sorted SDL without adding an async server stack. The repository size gate passes on all seven artifacts; baml-cli is 21.1 MB on macOS and 201.4 KB smaller than the local comparison baseline (-0.9%), while CI reports -0.8% to -0.9% across Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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  • cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
  • cargo run -p cargo-stow -- stow --check
  • cargo test -p baml_cli --all-features
  • cargo run -p cargo-size-gate -- size-gate check --only baml-cli

All CI and CodeRabbit checks pass; this remains a draft for Sam's review.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added the experimental baml graphql command for running one-shot GraphQL queries against validated BAML projects.
    • Supports inline, file, and standard-input queries, variables, named operations, schema output, and introspection JSON.
    • Provides structured, deterministic results and validation errors.
  • Documentation

    • Added CLI usage guidance, supported schema entities, output behavior, and examples.
  • Tests

    • Added end-to-end coverage for queries, fragments, variables, introspection, schemas, stdin input, and stable errors.

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Adds an experimental baml graphql CLI command. It supports query execution, schema output, introspection, variables, files, stdin, named operations, deterministic project snapshots, structured diagnostics, and end-to-end tests.

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GraphQL CLI

Layer / File(s) Summary
CLI entrypoint and command contract
baml_language/Cargo.toml, baml_language/crates/baml_cli/Cargo.toml, baml_language/crates/baml_cli/src/commands.rs, baml_language/crates/baml_cli/src/graphql_command.rs, baml_language/crates/baml_cli/src/lib.rs, baml_language/crates/baml_cli/README.md
Registers baml graphql, its arguments, project-path handling, telemetry behavior, help text, examples, and dependencies.
Project GraphQL model and compiler integration
baml_language/crates/baml_db/Cargo.toml, baml_language/crates/baml_db/src/lib.rs, baml_language/crates/baml_cli/src/graphql_command.rs
Defines GraphQL types and query operations for packages, files, definitions, types, clients, generators, functions, classes, enums, aliases, and tests.
Deterministic BAML snapshot translation
baml_language/crates/baml_cli/src/graphql_command.rs
Builds sorted project snapshots and converts BAML declarations, types, attributes, manifests, test values, names, and Unicode-aware source locations.
Query execution and validation
baml_language/crates/baml_cli/src/graphql_command.rs, baml_language/crates/baml_cli/tests/graphql_e2e.rs
Loads queries from arguments, files, or stdin; supports variables, operations, SDL, and introspection; serializes responses and diagnostics; and tests success and error behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 8b781

The new read-only GraphQL command may become noticeably slow on large source files because source locations are recomputed inefficiently, even for narrow queries. It is otherwise mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up on this bounded performance issue.

Possibly related PRs

Suggested reviewers: codeshaunted, hellovai

Poem

A rabbit queried fields at night,
The schema answered clean and bright.
Snapshots lined in ordered rows,
Unicode marked where each thing grows.
Errors hopped in JSON light.

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Actionable comments posted: 2

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baml_language/crates/baml_cli/tests/graphql_e2e.rs (1)

244-287: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add unit tests for the argument-level error paths.

The suite covers invalid GraphQL and invalid BAML through the spawned binary. It does not cover INVALID_VARIABLES (non-object or malformed --variables) or a missing --query-file path. Both live in GraphqlArgs::parse_variables and GraphqlArgs::read_query, so they are testable in the #[cfg(test)] mod tests block of baml_language/crates/baml_cli/src/graphql_command.rs without spawning a process.

🧪 Proposed unit tests for `graphql_command.rs`
#[test]
fn variables_must_be_a_json_object() {
    let args = GraphqlArgs {
        variables: Some("[1]".to_string()),
        ..GraphqlArgs::default()
    };
    let error = args.parse_variables().expect_err("array must be rejected");
    assert!(error.to_string().contains("JSON object"), "{error}");
}

#[test]
fn missing_query_file_reports_the_path() {
    let args = GraphqlArgs {
        query_file: Some(PathBuf::from("does-not-exist.graphql")),
        ..GraphqlArgs::default()
    };
    let error = args.read_query().expect_err("missing file must fail");
    assert!(
        format!("{error:#}").contains("does-not-exist.graphql"),
        "{error:#}"
    );
}

GraphqlArgs needs #[derive(Default)] for this construction, or build the values field by field.

As per coding guidelines: "Prefer writing Rust unit tests over integration tests where possible".

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In `@baml_language/crates/baml_cli/tests/graphql_e2e.rs` around lines 244 - 287,
Add unit tests in the cfg(test) module of GraphqlArgs covering parse_variables
rejecting non-object JSON such as an array with an INVALID_VARIABLES error
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Construct GraphqlArgs with Default or explicit fields without changing
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Inline comments:
In `@baml_language/crates/baml_cli/README.md`:
- Line 17: Update the query-root field list in the README to include typeAliases
alongside the existing project, packages, files, definitions, classes, enums,
functions, clients, generators, and tests entries, matching the schema’s root
field and existing type-alias documentation.

In `@baml_language/crates/baml_cli/src/graphql_command.rs`:
- Around line 1295-1323: Replace repeated full-prefix scanning in line_column
with a per-source LineIndex containing sorted line-start offsets and
binary-search lookup for line numbers. Construct one index per file in
build_file, then thread it through source_location and the graph_attributes,
graph_type_ref, and graph_function call paths so every span reuses it while
preserving existing UTF-8 boundary and 1-based line/column behavior.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@baml_language/crates/baml_cli/tests/graphql_e2e.rs`:
- Around line 244-287: Add unit tests in the cfg(test) module of GraphqlArgs
covering parse_variables rejecting non-object JSON such as an array with an
INVALID_VARIABLES error mentioning JSON objects, and read_query reporting the
missing query-file path. Construct GraphqlArgs with Default or explicit fields
without changing production behavior.
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