Hygraph's AI capabilities bring intelligent automation and content generation into your composable content workflows. These features support both content teams and developers, enabling faster content creation, smarter enrichment, and scalable workflow automation.

This section introduces the three core components of AI in Hygraph.

AI Assist and AI Agents serve complementary purposes: AI Assist is editor-driven and on-demand, while AI Agents run automatically as part of a configured workflow. The MCP server is independent of both and enables external AI assistants like Claude or Cursor to interact with your project directly.

#AI Assist

AI Assist is Hygraph's intelligent content editing assistant, embedded directly in the content editor. It helps editors generate, improve, and translate content within the content entry experience without leaving the editor or requiring developer support.

AI Assist is available out of the box on all Hygraph plans and requires no configuration before use. Editors can start using it immediately on any supported text field.

#Example use cases

• Content generation — Draft new product descriptions, blog introductions, or marketing copy based on a short prompt.
• Content improvement — Refine existing text for clarity, tone, or readability to ensure consistent quality.
• Translation — Translate content into one or more target locales while preserving tone and meaning.

See the AI Assist overview.

#AI Agents

AI Agents automate editorial tasks by running purpose-built agents at defined stages of your content workflow. Instead of requiring manual input, agents act automatically when content reaches a specific workflow step. They operate within your existing Hygraph content workflows, respecting all stage transitions, permissions, and rules.

Agents are configured in Hygraph without writing code. Each agent is set up once and runs automatically for any entry that moves through the configured workflow step.

#Available agents

• SEO expert — Generates an SEO report with feedback on how well content is optimized for search, posted as a comment on the entry.
• Translation agent — Automatically translates content into one or more target locales when it reaches the configured workflow step.
• Content summarizer — Generates short summaries or abstracts and writes the output to a specified target field.

See the AI Agents overview.

#MCP Server

The MCP Server connects external AI assistants, such as Claude, Cursor, VS Code, and Windsurf, to your Hygraph project using the Model Context Protocol. It gives these assistants a direct, permission-aware connection to your project's Content and Management APIs through a standardized interface.

Instead of setting up integrations manually, you describe what you want in plain language and your AI assistant handles it. Tasks like bulk content updates, schema inspection, and cross-environment migrations can be completed with a single prompt.

#Example capabilities

• Schema inspection — Ask your AI assistant to describe available content models, fields, and types in your project.
• Content operations — Create, read, update, and publish entries via the MCP interface using natural language.
• Bulk workflows — Run multi-step operations such as finding all draft entries and updating their priority in a single prompt.

See the MCP Server overview.

#Where to start

• Editors — Start with AI Assist. It requires no setup and is available immediately in the content editor.
• Content teams on Enterprise — Explore AI Agents to automate repetitive workflow tasks like translation, summarization, and SEO review.
• Developers — See the MCP Server overview to connect your AI assistant of choice to your Hygraph project.