diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/graph-store.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/graph-store.hoon
index 645ba8550..39c69a606 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/graph-store.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/graph-store.hoon
@@ -748,6 +748,26 @@
     |=  [=atom =node:store]
     ^-  [index:store node:store]
     [(snoc parent atom) node]
+  ::
+      [%x %shallow-children @ @ *]
+    =/  newest  ?=(%newest i.t.path)
+    =/  =ship  (slav %p i.t.t.path)
+    =/  =term  i.t.t.t.path
+    =/  =index:store
+      (turn t.t.t.t.path (cury slav %ud))
+    =/  children
+      (get-node-children ship term index)
+    ?~  children  [~ ~]
+    :-  ~  :-  ~  :-  %graph-update-1
+    !>  ^-  update:store
+    :+  now.bowl  %add-nodes
+    :-  [ship term]
+    %-  ~(gas by *(map index:store node:store))
+    %+  turn  (tap:orm u.children)
+    |=  [=atom =node:store]
+    ^-  [index:store node:store]
+    :-  index.post.node
+    node(children [%empty ~])
   ::
       [%x ?(%newest %oldest) @ @ @ *]
     =/  newest  ?=(%newest i.t.path)
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts b/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts
index ef999a8a6..900ad7341 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts
@@ -349,6 +349,14 @@ export default class GraphApi extends BaseApi<StoreState> {
     this.store.handleEvent({ data });
   }
 
+  async getShallowChildren(ship: string, name: string, index = '') {
+    const idx = index.split('/').map(decToUd).join('/');
+    const data = await this.scry<any>('graph-store',
+      `/shallow-children/${ship}/${name}${idx}`
+    )
+    this.store.handleEvent({ data });
+  }
+
   getGraphSubset(ship: string, resource: string, start: string, end: string) {
     return this.scry<any>(
       'graph-store',