# Blog

> The ChilliCream blog: announcements, deep dives, and how-tos.

Canonical source: https://chillicream.com/blog

- [![](https://chillicream.com/images/blog/2026-08-03-directives-all-the-way-down/header.png)Aug 2026Directives All the Way DownGraphQL directives can now be applied to directive definitions themselves in Hot Chocolate 16.4, so you can finally deprecate a directive and attach metadata to your schema's own extension points.Read](https://chillicream.com/blog/2026-08-03-directives-all-the-way-down)
- [![](https://chillicream.com/images/blog/2026-07-12-fusion-16-5/header.png)ReleaseJul 2026Fusion 16.5: The Gateway for EveryoneBuilt with C# and .NET, Fusion 16.5 is the only gateway supporting both federation standards, achieves 100% Apollo Federation compliance, and leads in real-world performance.Read](https://chillicream.com/blog/2026-07-12-fusion-16-5)
- [![](https://chillicream.com/images/blog/2026-07-06-federated-event-streams/header.png)ReleaseJul 2026Introducing Federated Event Streams for Fusion 16.4Federated Event Streams add broker-backed, resumable GraphQL subscriptions to Fusion 16.4, with stateless gateway scaling and client-owned resume cursors.Read](https://chillicream.com/blog/2026-07-06-federated-event-streams)
- [![](https://chillicream.com/images/blog/2026-06-24-graphqlconf-2026/header.jpg)Jun 2026Agents, Federation, and a CommunityNotes from GraphQLConf 2026 and Working Group Day at Meta: AI agents meeting GraphQL schemas, the Composite Schema federation standard, and a community building what comes next.Read](https://chillicream.com/blog/2026-06-24-graphqlconf-2026)
- [![](https://chillicream.com/images/blog/2026-06-11-open-your-graphql-api-for-the-rest/header.png)Jun 2026Open Your GraphQL API for the RESTThe new OpenAPI adapter for Hot Chocolate and Fusion turns GraphQL operations into REST endpoints with shared auth, telemetry, and Swagger docs. No second API.Read](https://chillicream.com/blog/2026-06-11-open-your-graphql-api-for-the-rest)
- [![](https://chillicream.com/images/blog/2026-06-06-newsletter-may-2026/header.png)NewsletterJun 2026Newsletter May 2026Hot Chocolate 16, Fusion 16, MCP, OpenAPI, Semantic Introspection, skillz, and more. Read the newsletter to learn about all the things we shipped in May and what comes next.Read](https://chillicream.com/blog/2026-06-06-newsletter-may-2026)
- [![](https://chillicream.com/images/blog/2026-06-05-introducing-skillz/header.png)AIJun 2026Introducing skillz: the .NET CLI for Agent Skillsskillz is a .NET CLI for installing, updating, and authoring Agent Skills, with dnx support for a one-shot workflow the way npx skills works in JavaScript.Read](https://chillicream.com/blog/2026-06-05-introducing-skillz)
- [![](https://chillicream.com/images/blog/2026-05-28-mcp-hotchocolate-fusion/header.png)AIMay 2026From GraphQL to MCP in Two LinesHot Chocolate and Fusion now ship an MCP adapter. Add two lines, author tools and prompts on disk, publish them with Nitro, and connect any MCP host to your GraphQL API.Read](https://chillicream.com/blog/2026-05-28-mcp-hotchocolate-fusion)
- [![](https://chillicream.com/images/blog/2026-05-15-fusion-16/header.png)ReleaseMay 2026What's new in Fusion 16Fusion 16 is a GraphQL federation gateway built on ASP.NET Core, featuring Aspire-driven composition, incremental delivery, Semantic Introspection, OpenAPI adapters, and connectors for REST and gRPC.Read](https://chillicream.com/blog/2026-05-15-fusion-16)