From 0f83d9fafe8d0ce490caea83dd8dd68d97bcf656 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mason Daugherty <mason@langchain.dev>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 07:47:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] style: update docstrings to reference `StateGraph` (#6308)

nit
---
 libs/langgraph/langgraph/graph/state.py | 20 ++++++++++----------
 libs/langgraph/langgraph/typing.py      |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/graph/state.py b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/graph/state.py
index 84f0ea8f2..7a3d11a32 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/graph/state.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/graph/state.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class StateGraph(Generic[StateT, ContextT, InputT, OutputT]):
         destinations: dict[str, str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
         **kwargs: Unpack[DeprecatedKwargs],
     ) -> Self:
-        """Add a new node to the state graph, input schema is inferred as the state schema.
+        """Add a new node to the `StateGraph`, input schema is inferred as the state schema.
         Will take the name of the function/runnable as the node name.
         """
         ...
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ class StateGraph(Generic[StateT, ContextT, InputT, OutputT]):
         destinations: dict[str, str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
         **kwargs: Unpack[DeprecatedKwargs],
     ) -> Self:
-        """Add a new node to the state graph, input schema is specified.
+        """Add a new node to the `StateGraph`, input schema is specified.
         Will take the name of the function/runnable as the node name.
         """
         ...
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class StateGraph(Generic[StateT, ContextT, InputT, OutputT]):
         destinations: dict[str, str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
         **kwargs: Unpack[DeprecatedKwargs],
     ) -> Self:
-        """Add a new node to the state graph, input schema is inferred as the state schema."""
+        """Add a new node to the `StateGraph`, input schema is inferred as the state schema."""
         ...
 
     @overload
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class StateGraph(Generic[StateT, ContextT, InputT, OutputT]):
         destinations: dict[str, str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
         **kwargs: Unpack[DeprecatedKwargs],
     ) -> Self:
-        """Add a new node to the state graph, input schema is specified."""
+        """Add a new node to the `StateGraph`, input schema is specified."""
         ...
 
     def add_node(
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ class StateGraph(Generic[StateT, ContextT, InputT, OutputT]):
         destinations: dict[str, str] | tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
         **kwargs: Unpack[DeprecatedKwargs],
     ) -> Self:
-        """Add a new node to the state graph.
+        """Add a new node to the `StateGraph`.
 
         Args:
             node: The function or runnable this node will run.
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ class StateGraph(Generic[StateT, ContextT, InputT, OutputT]):
             ```
 
         Returns:
-            Self: The instance of the state graph, allowing for method chaining.
+            Self: The instance of the `StateGraph`, allowing for method chaining.
         """
         if (retry := kwargs.get("retry", MISSING)) is not MISSING:
             warnings.warn(
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ class StateGraph(Generic[StateT, ContextT, InputT, OutputT]):
             ValueError: If the start key is `'END'` or if the start key or end key is not present in the graph.
 
         Returns:
-            Self: The instance of the state graph, allowing for method chaining.
+            Self: The instance of the `StateGraph`, allowing for method chaining.
         """
         if self.compiled:
             logger.warning(
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ class StateGraph(Generic[StateT, ContextT, InputT, OutputT]):
             ValueError: If the sequence contains duplicate node names.
 
         Returns:
-            Self: The instance of the state graph, allowing for method chaining.
+            Self: The instance of the `StateGraph`, allowing for method chaining.
         """
         if len(nodes) < 1:
             raise ValueError("Sequence requires at least one node.")
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ class StateGraph(Generic[StateT, ContextT, InputT, OutputT]):
         debug: bool = False,
         name: str | None = None,
     ) -> CompiledStateGraph[StateT, ContextT, InputT, OutputT]:
-        """Compiles the state graph into a `CompiledStateGraph` object.
+        """Compiles the `StateGraph` into a `CompiledStateGraph` object.
 
         The compiled graph implements the `Runnable` interface and can be invoked,
         streamed, batched, and run asynchronously.
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ class StateGraph(Generic[StateT, ContextT, InputT, OutputT]):
             name: The name to use for the compiled graph.
 
         Returns:
-            CompiledStateGraph: The compiled state graph.
+            CompiledStateGraph: The compiled `StateGraph`.
         """
         # assign default values
         interrupt_before = interrupt_before or []
diff --git a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/typing.py b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/typing.py
index 513e11fd5..c1187357b 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/typing.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/typing.py
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ ContextT_contra = TypeVar(
 )
 
 InputT = TypeVar("InputT", bound=StateLike, default=StateT)
-"""Type variable used to represent the input to a state graph.
+"""Type variable used to represent the input to a `StateGraph`.
 
 Defaults to `StateT`.
 """
 
 OutputT = TypeVar("OutputT", bound=StateLike, default=StateT)
-"""Type variable used to represent the output of a state graph.
+"""Type variable used to represent the output of a `StateGraph`.
 
 Defaults to `StateT`.
 """