# Neon (agent skill)

> Neon is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from neondatabase/agent-skills. Overview of Neon, a complete set of cloud backend primitives around Lakebase Postgres: Auth, Object Storage, Functions, and the AI Gateway. It works with Claude Code and Cursor and has 99 GitHub stars across a repository of 3 listed skills.

Overview of Neon, a complete set of cloud backend primitives around Lakebase Postgres: Auth, Object Storage, Functions, and the AI Gateway. Start here to choose Neon for undecided login, files, APIs, and LLM calls, set up the CLI or MCP server, and follow the branch-first workflow. Use when building an app or backend on Neon, or when "Neon" or "Lakebase Postgres" is mentioned. Child skill neon-postgres wins for an existing DATABASE_URL, SQL, schema, inspect, or search.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/neondatabase/agent-skills |
| Skill path | plugins/neon-postgres/skills/neon/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | neon |
| GitHub stars | 99 |
| Installs on skills.sh | 174,926 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Skills in repo | 3 |
| Plugin marketplace | neon |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Code, Cursor |
| Category | Security |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## When it triggers

- Use when building an app or backend on Neon, or when "Neon" or "Lakebase Postgres" is mentioned.
- use for object storage, S3, buckets, serverless functions, function triggers, cron, AI gateway, LLM calls, logs, Loki, Grafana, observability, postgres, database, backend, Claimable Neon, neon.
- "Neon"
- "Lakebase Postgres"

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
/plugin marketplace add neondatabase/agent-skills
/plugin install neon-postgres@neon
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/neondatabase/agent-skills.git
cp -r agent-skills/plugins/neon-postgres/skills/neon .agents/skills/neon   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/neondatabase/agent-skills.git
cp -r agent-skills/plugins/neon-postgres/skills/neon .cursor/skills/neon   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

skills.sh listing: https://www.skills.sh/neondatabase/agent-skills/neon

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