adding post linking to GitHub Blog post on GraphQL

Author: joshjohanning

_posts/2025-04-26-github-blog-post-graphql.md

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+title: 'Published to the GitHub Blog: Tips and tricks for using GitHub CLI with GraphQL'
+author: Josh Johanning
+date: 2025-04-26 00:05:00 -0500
+description: Linking to my post on the GitHub Blog about using the GitHub CLI with GraphQL to query and mutate data
+categories: [GitHub]
+tags: [GitHub, gh cli, GraphQL]
+media_subpath: /assets/screenshots/2025-04-26-github-blog-post-graphql
+image:
+  path: graphql-blog-post.png
+  width: 100%
+  height: 100%
+  alt: My blog post on the GitHub Blog
+---
+
+## I'm Published on the GitHub Blog! ✨
+
+I'm excited to share that I've authored a post on the official GitHub Blog titled [**"Exploring GitHub CLI: How to Interact with GitHub's GraphQL API Endpoint"**](https://github.blog/developer-skills/github/exploring-github-cli-how-to-interact-with-githubs-graphql-api-endpoint/).
+
+## What You'll Learn
+
+In the [post](https://github.blog/developer-skills/github/exploring-github-cli-how-to-interact-with-githubs-graphql-api-endpoint/), I cover:
+
+- What is GraphQL?
+- How is GraphQL used at GitHub?
+- Why use GitHub CLI for GraphQL?
+- How to get started with `gh api graphql`
+- Running queries and mutations (with examples!)
+- Filtering GraphQL results
+- Handling pagination
+- Building complex scripts: Chaining GraphQL queries together
+
+I hope you enjoy! 🚀