diff --git a/graph/db/graph.go b/graph/db/graph.go
index cb53ae547..ad9ad2ad4 100644
--- a/graph/db/graph.go
+++ b/graph/db/graph.go
@@ -602,6 +602,8 @@ func (c *ChannelGraph) FetchNodeFeaturesTx(tx kvdb.RTx,
 // of the database.
 //
 // Unknown policies are passed into the callback as nil values.
+//
+// NOTE: this is part of the graphdb.NodeTraverser interface.
 func (c *ChannelGraph) ForEachNodeDirectedChannel(nodePub route.Vertex,
 	cb func(channel *DirectedChannel) error) error {
 
@@ -612,6 +614,8 @@ func (c *ChannelGraph) ForEachNodeDirectedChannel(nodePub route.Vertex,
 // known for the node, an empty feature vector is returned.
 // If the graphCache is available, then it will be used to retrieve the node's
 // features instead of the database.
+//
+// NOTE: this is part of the graphdb.NodeTraverser interface.
 func (c *ChannelGraph) FetchNodeFeatures(nodePub route.Vertex) (
 	*lnwire.FeatureVector, error) {
 
diff --git a/graph/db/interfaces.go b/graph/db/interfaces.go
index f44a9ff8b..f5dce71ca 100644
--- a/graph/db/interfaces.go
+++ b/graph/db/interfaces.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package graphdb
 
 import (
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/graph/db/models"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lnwire"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/routing/route"
 )
 
@@ -23,3 +24,16 @@ type NodeRTx interface {
 	// the same transaction.
 	FetchNode(node route.Vertex) (NodeRTx, error)
 }
+
+// NodeTraverser is an abstract read only interface that provides information
+// about nodes and their edges. The interface is about providing fast read-only
+// access to the graph and so if a cache is available, it should be used.
+type NodeTraverser interface {
+	// ForEachNodeDirectedChannel calls the callback for every channel of
+	// the given node.
+	ForEachNodeDirectedChannel(nodePub route.Vertex,
+		cb func(channel *DirectedChannel) error) error
+
+	// FetchNodeFeatures returns the features of the given node.
+	FetchNodeFeatures(nodePub route.Vertex) (*lnwire.FeatureVector, error)
+}