maybe a dumb question -- but is the graphQL API accessible somehow in dagster cloud? only seeing mention of local runs in the docs

You can access the GraphQL Playground by accessing:

<https://your-org.dagster.cloud/prod/graphql>

awesome, is there any type of API auth? typically I'd probably keep something like this behind a VPC or use a token?

Here’s an example using a user token: https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/discussions/7772#discussioncomment-2702292

Awesome, thanks!