Neon Postgres
Neon Postgres is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from neondatabase/agent-skills. Guides and best practices for working with Lakebase Postgres on Neon: connections, pooled vs direct, schema migrations, branching, autoscaling, scale-to-zero, instant restore, read replicas, IP. It works with Claude Code and Cursor and has 99 GitHub stars across a repository of 3 listed skills.
github.com/neondatabase/agent-skills/plugins/neon-postgres/skills/neon-postgres (opens in a new tab)
- Official
- Multi-skill repo
- Plugin marketplace
- Security
- Actively maintained
Add this skill
Claude
This repository is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add neondatabase/agent-skills
/plugin install neon-postgres@neonIn the Claude apps, zip the neon-postgres folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).
ChatGPT / Codex
Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/neondatabase/agent-skills.git
cp -r agent-skills/plugins/neon-postgres/skills/neon-postgres .agents/skills/neon-postgres # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projectsStandalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.
Cursor
Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/neondatabase/agent-skills.git
cp -r agent-skills/plugins/neon-postgres/skills/neon-postgres .cursor/skills/neon-postgres # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projectsSource (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)
What this skill does
Guides and best practices for working with Lakebase Postgres on Neon: connections, pooled vs direct, schema migrations, branching, autoscaling, scale-to-zero, instant restore, read replicas, IP allow lists, logical replication, and Lakebase Search. Use when the work is an existing DATABASEURL, SQL, schema, inspect, or search. New backends, Auth, files, Functions, and LLM calls go to the parent neon skill.
When it triggers
- Use when the work is an existing DATABASEURL, SQL, schema, inspect, or search.
- use for "@neondatabase/serverless", "@neondatabase/neon-js", "neon inspect db", "semantic search", "vector search", "full-text search", "BM25", or "hybrid search".
- "@neondatabase/serverless"
- "@neondatabase/neon-js"
- "neon inspect db"
- "semantic search"
- "vector search"
- "full-text search"
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What is the Neon Postgres skill?
Neon Postgres is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from neondatabase/agent-skills. Guides and best practices for working with Lakebase Postgres on Neon: connections, pooled vs direct, schema migrations, branching, autoscaling, scale-to-zero, instant restore, read replicas, IP. It works with Claude Code and Cursor and has 99 GitHub stars across a repository of 3 listed skills. Its SKILL.md lives at github.com/neondatabase/agent-skills/plugins/neon-postgres/skills/neon-postgres.
How do I install the Neon Postgres skill?
In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add neondatabase/agent-skills and then /plugin install neon-postgres@neon. For Codex or Cursor, copy the neon-postgres folder into .agents/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.
Is the Neon Postgres skill free?
Yes. The repository is open source under the Apache-2.0 license.
Is Neon Postgres maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.