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</h4><p>Detect fraudulent transactions and anomalous behavior using graph patterns, ML embeddings, and real-time analytics.</p>
<p><strong>Key features used</strong>:</p>
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<li>Graph algorithms (centrality, community detection)</li>
<li>Real-time analytics with CDC</li>
<li>Row-Level Security (RLS) for multi-tenant isolation</li>
<li>Audit logging for compliance</li>
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<p><strong>Suitable for</strong>: Financial services, e-commerce, payment processing</p>
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</h4><p>Build personalized recommendation engines using collaborative filtering, embeddings, and vector similarity search.</p>
<p><strong>Key features used</strong>:</p>
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<li>ML graph embeddings (Node2Vec, GraphSAGE)</li>
<li>HNSW vector similarity search</li>
<li>Graph traversal patterns</li>
<li>Real-time updates</li>
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<p><strong>Suitable for</strong>: E-commerce, content platforms, social networks</p>
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</h4><p><em>(Coming soon)</em> - Organize and query structured knowledge with semantic relationships, inference, and entity resolution.</p>
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<li>Full-text search with BM25</li>
<li>Schema constraints</li>
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<p><strong>Suitable for</strong>: Enterprise search, data cataloging, research platforms</p>
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</h4><p>Use Row-Level Security (RLS) to isolate data by tenant:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-gql" data-lang="gql"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="err">--</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">Create</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">RLS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">policy</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">tenant</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">isolation</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"></span><span class="py">CREATE</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">POLICY</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">tenant_isolation</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">ON</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">Node</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"></span><span class="py">FOR</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">SELECT</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"></span><span class="py">USING</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="py">tenant_id</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">current_user_tenant_id</span><span class="p">())</span><span class="err">;</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"></span><span class="err">--</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">All</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">queries</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">automatically</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">filtered</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">by</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">tenant</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"></span><span class="py">MATCH</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="py">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"></span><span class="py">RETURN</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">n</span><span class="err">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="err">--</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">Only</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">returns</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">nodes</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">current</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">tenant</span><span class="w">
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</h4><p>Combine CDC with webhooks for real-time processing:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-yaml" data-lang="yaml"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="c"># cdc-config.yaml</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"></span><span class="nt">cdc</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">enabled</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">webhooks</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"> </span>- <span class="nt">url</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"https://analytics.example.com/process"</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">events</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"node.created"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"edge.created"</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w">
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</h4><p>Use embeddings for similarity-based queries:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-gql" data-lang="gql"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="err">--</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">Find</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">similar</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">items</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"></span><span class="py">MATCH</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="py">item</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nc">Product</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"></span><span class="py">WHERE</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">vector_distance_cosine</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="py">item</span><span class="err">.</span><span class="py">embedding</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">$query_embedding</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="err"><</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">0</span><span class="mf">.5</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"></span><span class="py">RETURN</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">item</span><span class="err">.</span><span class="py">name</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">vector_distance_cosine</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="py">item</span><span class="err">.</span><span class="py">embedding</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">$query_embedding</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">AS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">similarity</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"></span><span class="py">ORDER</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">BY</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">similarity</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">ASC</span><span class="w">
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="w"></span><span class="py">LIMIT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">10</span><span class="err">;</span><span class="w">
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<li><a
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- Complete fraud detection implementation</li>
<li><a
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>Recommendation Systems</a>
- Build a recommendation engine</li>
<li><a
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>Graph Algorithms</a>
- Algorithm reference and examples</li>
<li><a
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