CypherAgent module
CypherAgent
Bases: Module
A ready-to-use Cypher agent backed by a knowledge base.
CypherAgent is a thin specialization of FunctionCallingAgent
that pre-wires three Cypher tools bound to a KnowledgeBase
(graph adapter):
get_graph_schema: discovers all node and relation labels with their properties.get_node_sample: fetches a few nodes from a given label so the LM can see the data shape before writing queries.run_cypher_query: executes a read-only Cypher query viaKnowledgeBase.cypherwithread_only=True.
The constructor mirrors FunctionCallingAgent — every
parameter on that class is accepted here with identical semantics.
The only additions are knowledge_base (required, must expose a
graph adapter) and output_format (controls the Cypher tools'
result rendering). User-supplied tools are appended to the
three built-in tools.
Safety is enforced by the knowledge base, not by string filtering.
The Ladybug adapter scans the query (after stripping comments and
string literals) for write/admin keywords and rejects anything
that could mutate state or access files (CREATE, MERGE,
SET, DELETE, DETACH, REMOVE, DROP, ALTER,
COPY, INSTALL, LOAD).
Example:
import synalinks
import asyncio
class Person(synalinks.Entity):
name: str = synalinks.Field(description="Person name")
class City(synalinks.Entity):
name: str = synalinks.Field(description="City name")
class LivesIn(synalinks.Relation):
subj: Person
obj: City
class Query(synalinks.DataModel):
query: str = synalinks.Field(description="Natural language question")
class CypherAnswer(synalinks.DataModel):
answer: str = synalinks.Field(description="Answer in natural language")
cypher_query: str = synalinks.Field(description="Cypher that produced it")
async def main():
kb = synalinks.KnowledgeBase(
graph_uri="ladybug://my_graph.lb",
entity_models=[Person, City],
relation_models=[LivesIn],
embedding_model=synalinks.EmbeddingModel(model="ollama/mxbai-embed-large"),
)
await kb.update_relations(
LivesIn(subj=Person(name="Alice"), obj=City(name="Paris"))
)
lm = synalinks.LanguageModel(model="ollama/mistral")
inputs = synalinks.Input(data_model=Query)
outputs = await synalinks.CypherAgent(
knowledge_base=kb,
language_model=lm,
data_model=CypherAnswer,
)(inputs)
agent = synalinks.Program(inputs=inputs, outputs=outputs)
result = await agent(Query(query="Who lives in Paris?"))
print(result.get("answer"))
print(result.get("cypher_query"))
asyncio.run(main())
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
knowledge_base
|
KnowledgeBase
|
The knowledge base to query.
Must have a graph adapter attached (i.e. constructed with
|
None
|
k
|
int
|
Maximum page size (rows per call) the LM can pull
through |
50
|
output_format
|
str
|
How the Cypher tools render result sets
to the LM. |
'csv'
|
tools
|
list
|
Additional |
None
|
schema
|
dict
|
JSON schema for the final answer. |
None
|
data_model
|
DataModel
|
DataModel for the final answer.
Mutually exclusive with |
None
|
language_model
|
LanguageModel
|
The language model that drives the agent loop. |
None
|
prompt_template
|
str
|
Forwarded to the tool-call generator. |
None
|
examples
|
list
|
Few-shot examples for the tool-call generator. |
None
|
instructions
|
str
|
Override the default system instructions. When omitted, the default is built from the knowledge base's node and relation labels so the LM knows what's available without an extra schema call. |
None
|
final_instructions
|
str
|
Instructions for the final-answer
generator. Defaults to |
None
|
temperature
|
float
|
LM sampling temperature. Defaults to 0.0 for deterministic Cypher generation. |
0.0
|
use_inputs_schema
|
bool
|
Include the input schema in the prompt. |
False
|
use_outputs_schema
|
bool
|
Include the output schema in the prompt. |
False
|
reasoning_effort
|
str
|
Forwarded to the generators (for reasoning-capable LMs). |
None
|
use_chain_of_thought
|
bool
|
When |
False
|
autonomous
|
bool
|
When |
True
|
return_inputs_with_trajectory
|
bool
|
When |
True
|
max_iterations
|
int
|
Maximum number of tool-call rounds. Defaults to 5. |
5
|
streaming
|
bool
|
Stream the final answer when no |
False
|
name
|
str
|
Module name. |
None
|
description
|
str
|
Module description. |
None
|
Source code in synalinks/src/modules/agents/cypher_agent.py
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get_default_instructions(node_labels, rel_labels)
Default instructions for the Cypher agent.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
node_labels
|
List[str]
|
PascalCase node labels available in the graph. |
required |
rel_labels
|
List[str]
|
PascalCase relation labels available in the graph.
Both are embedded in the prompt so the LM doesn't have to
call |
required |
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
str
|
A prompt string giving the LM the tool-use plan and the |
str
|
read-only Cypher safety constraint. |