This Week in Neo4j: NODES, Agentic AI, Authentication, Cypher and more
Blog post from Neo4j
This week's edition of "This Week in Neo4j" highlights the ongoing developments in the world of graph databases, including the upcoming NODES 2026 conference with an open Call for Papers until June 15, and the Aura Agents Hackathon with $50,000 in credits up for grabs. The newsletter also introduces Neo4j Agent Skills, a new resource on GitHub providing updated skills for coding agents in Cypher 25, and offers insights into authentication using Okta-issued OAuth 2.0 tokens for secure application connections. Additionally, it features a retrospective from Cypher inventor Andres Taylor on the language's evolution from a side project to an ISO standard, and encourages community engagement through the Neo4j User Research panel and various events, including webinars and meetups in several cities. The edition also spotlights Ashita Prasad's session on building AI-enhanced mobile apps with Neo4j, with all NODES AI recordings now available for viewing.