Airbnb Technology Team

Jun 3, 2026 · Frontend Development

How Airbnb Leverages LLMs and @generateMock for Scalable, Type‑Safe GraphQL Mocking

Airbnb tackled the long‑standing difficulty of creating realistic GraphQL mock data by introducing the @generateMock directive, which combines schema, product context, and LLM‑generated content to automatically produce and continuously maintain type‑safe mock responses, dramatically speeding up local development.