When to Use - Writing, optimizing, or debugging Cypher queries - Graph pattern matching, QPEs, variable-length paths - Vector/fulltext search, subqueries, batch writes, LOAD CSV When NOT to Use - Driver migration/API changes → - DB admin (users, config, backups) → - Hybrid search that combines vector with fulltext or other ranked sources → GQL conformance note: , , , and are valid Cypher 25 clauses (introduced via GQL conformance, mostly in Neo4j 2025.06). On older versions, fall back to / (omit RETURN) / / . requires -separated multi-labels and does not support dynamic labels/types. --- Pre-…