diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c63056..b708aba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
-# What are we building?
+# Getting started with Absinthe
 
-This branch contains a very simple Phoenix app which displays a gallery of faces
-imported from Gitbhub users.  Shout out to
-[Eduardo](https://github.com/edgurgel) for the cool
-[Tentacat](https://hex.pm/packages/tentacat) package which made using the Github
-API so easy.
+[Absinthe](https://absinthe-graphql.org/) is an open source implementation of
+the GraphQL server specification for Elixir.  Note that I said "Elixir" there
+and now "Phoenix".  Absinthe doesn't need Phoenix, but we're going to use it in
+this example because my guess is that not many people are making purely GraphQL
+services and most of us are probably bolting it on to existing sites or
+services.
 
-[Demo](http://localhost:4000)
+Absinthe has [truly amazing docs](https://hexdocs.pm/absinthe/overview.html).
+Seriously.  They're so great.  You should check them out.
 
-Now move on to the `step-3` branch.
+In this branch we've added Absinthe to our project, and configured a type and a
+schema for our list of people, and a migration which can import new people.
+
+Look at:
+
+* `mix.exs`
+* `lib/faces_web/router.ex`
+* `lib/faces_web/schema/schema.ex`
+* `lib/faces_web/schema/person.ex`
+* `lib/faces_web/resolvers/people.ex`
+
+[Demo](http://localhost:4000/graphiql)
diff --git a/lib/faces_web/resolvers/people.ex b/lib/faces_web/resolvers/people.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28a1d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/faces_web/resolvers/people.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+defmodule FacesWeb.Resolvers.People do
+  alias Faces.Gallery
+
+  @doc """
+  This is the resolver callback for Absinthe to find a list of all people.
+
+  The arguments are:
+
+    * `parent`, any parent object which Absinthe things we're related to.
+    * `args`, any arguments passed to the query.
+    * `resolution`, 
+  """
+  def list_people(_parent, _args, _resolution) do
+    {:ok, Gallery.list_people()}
+  end
+
+  @doc """
+  This is the resolver callback Absinthe uses to create a person.
+
+  The arguments are:
+
+    * `parent` any parent object which Absinthe things we're related to.
+    * `args` a map of arguments passed to the query.
+    * `context` a context object which can be used for things like
+      authentication, etc.
+  """
+  def create_person(_parent, %{username: username}, _context) do
+    Gallery.import_user(username)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/faces_web/router.ex b/lib/faces_web/router.ex
index 590ab90..8d5d6c4 100644
--- a/lib/faces_web/router.ex
+++ b/lib/faces_web/router.ex
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@ defmodule FacesWeb.Router do
     # Use the default browser stack
     pipe_through(:browser)
 
-    resources("/", FaceController)
+    resources("/", FaceController, only: [:index, :create])
   end
 
   # Other scopes may use custom stacks.
   # scope "/api", FacesWeb do
   #   pipe_through :api
   # end
+
+  forward("/api", Absinthe.Plug, schema: FacesWeb.Schema)
+  forward("/graphiql", Absinthe.Plug.GraphiQL, schema: FacesWeb.Schema)
 end
diff --git a/lib/faces_web/schema/person.ex b/lib/faces_web/schema/person.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce27704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/faces_web/schema/person.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+defmodule FacesWeb.Schema.Person do
+  use Absinthe.Schema.Notation
+
+  @desc "A person whose face we want to see"
+  object :person do
+    @desc "A unique identifier for this person"
+    field(:id, :id)
+
+    @desc "The person's Github username"
+    field(:username, :string)
+
+    @desc "The person's name as per Github"
+    field(:name, :string)
+
+    @desc "The person's location as per Github"
+    field(:location, :string)
+
+    @desc "The URL of the person's Github avatar image"
+    field(:avatar_url, :string)
+
+    @desc "When this user was first imported into the faces app"
+    field(:inserted_at, :datetime)
+
+    @desc "When this user was last updated in the faces app"
+    field(:updated_at, :datetime)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/faces_web/schema/schema.ex b/lib/faces_web/schema/schema.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bba3005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/faces_web/schema/schema.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+defmodule FacesWeb.Schema do
+  use Absinthe.Schema
+  alias FacesWeb.Resolvers
+
+  import_types(Absinthe.Type.Custom)
+  import_types(FacesWeb.Schema.Person)
+
+  query do
+    @desc "List all people"
+    field :people, list_of(:person) do
+      resolve(&Resolvers.People.list_people/3)
+    end
+  end
+
+  mutation do
+    @desc "Import a user from Github"
+    field :import_person, type: :person do
+      arg(:username, non_null(:string))
+      resolve(&Resolvers.People.create_person/3)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 72d2edc..57a5a57 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ defmodule Faces.Mixfile do
       {:phoenix_live_reload, "~> 1.0", only: :dev},
       {:gettext, "~> 0.11"},
       {:cowboy, "~> 1.0"},
-      {:tentacat, "~> 0.9.0"}
+      {:tentacat, "~> 0.9.0"},
+      {:absinthe_plug, "~> 1.4"},
+      {:poison, "~> 2.1.0", override: true}
     ]
   end
 
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index 4c3edb5..7285596 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 %{
+  "absinthe": {:hex, :absinthe, "1.4.10", "9f8d0c34dfcfd0030d3a3f123c7501e99ab59651731387289dad5885047ebb2a", [:mix], [{:dataloader, "~> 1.0.0", [hex: :dataloader, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:decimal, "~> 1.0", [hex: :decimal, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm"},
+  "absinthe_plug": {:hex, :absinthe_plug, "1.4.2", "01bf16f0a637869bcc0a1919935f08ff853501004e7549ddaa3a7788deb48965", [:mix], [{:absinthe, "~> 1.4", [hex: :absinthe, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:plug, "~> 1.3.2 or ~> 1.4", [hex: :plug, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "certifi": {:hex, :certifi, "2.3.1", "d0f424232390bf47d82da8478022301c561cf6445b5b5fb6a84d49a9e76d2639", [:rebar3], [{:parse_trans, "3.2.0", [hex: :parse_trans, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "connection": {:hex, :connection, "1.0.4", "a1cae72211f0eef17705aaededacac3eb30e6625b04a6117c1b2db6ace7d5976", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
   "cowboy": {:hex, :cowboy, "1.1.2", "61ac29ea970389a88eca5a65601460162d370a70018afe6f949a29dca91f3bb0", [:rebar3], [{:cowlib, "~> 1.0.2", [hex: :cowlib, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:ranch, "~> 1.3.2", [hex: :ranch, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@
   "phoenix_live_reload": {:hex, :phoenix_live_reload, "1.1.3", "1d178429fc8950b12457d09c6afec247bfe1fcb6f36209e18fbb0221bdfe4d41", [:mix], [{:file_system, "~> 0.2.1 or ~> 0.3", [hex: :file_system, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:phoenix, "~> 1.0 or ~> 1.2 or ~> 1.3", [hex: :phoenix, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "phoenix_pubsub": {:hex, :phoenix_pubsub, "1.0.2", "bfa7fd52788b5eaa09cb51ff9fcad1d9edfeb68251add458523f839392f034c1", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
   "plug": {:hex, :plug, "1.5.0", "224b25b4039bedc1eac149fb52ed456770b9678bbf0349cdd810460e1e09195b", [:mix], [{:cowboy, "~> 1.0.1 or ~> 1.1 or ~> 2.1", [hex: :cowboy, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:mime, "~> 1.0", [hex: :mime, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
-  "poison": {:hex, :poison, "3.1.0", "d9eb636610e096f86f25d9a46f35a9facac35609a7591b3be3326e99a0484665", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
+  "poison": {:hex, :poison, "2.1.0", "f583218ced822675e484648fa26c933d621373f01c6c76bd00005d7bd4b82e27", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
   "poolboy": {:hex, :poolboy, "1.5.1", "6b46163901cfd0a1b43d692657ed9d7e599853b3b21b95ae5ae0a777cf9b6ca8", [:rebar], [], "hexpm"},
   "postgrex": {:hex, :postgrex, "0.13.5", "3d931aba29363e1443da167a4b12f06dcd171103c424de15e5f3fc2ba3e6d9c5", [:mix], [{:connection, "~> 1.0", [hex: :connection, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:db_connection, "~> 1.1", [hex: :db_connection, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:decimal, "~> 1.0", [hex: :decimal, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "ranch": {:hex, :ranch, "1.3.2", "e4965a144dc9fbe70e5c077c65e73c57165416a901bd02ea899cfd95aa890986", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},