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neon-postgres: a Claude Code skill by Neon

Official

For developers whose Postgres runs on Neon and who want help with connection strings, branches and slow queries. Skip it if your database is hosted elsewhere.

Before you install: It tells Claude to fetch other Neon skills from neon.com or install them with the Neon CLI when they are missing, with no step that asks you first.

The skill's text changed on Nov 5, 2026, after we last read it. Our description may be behind.

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Score
86of 100
Rank
#21of 239
Installs
308Kon skills.sh
Security
Clear 5 scanners
Updated
2026
Context
~163tokens always

Install

npx skills add https://github.com/neondatabase/agent-skills --skill neon-postgres

Run it in your terminal. View the source

Using the Claude app rather than Claude Code? You can add a skill there too. How to add it in the app

What does neon-postgres do?

neon-postgres is a Claude skill that covers day-to-day work on Neon's Lakebase Postgres. It starts by reusing an existing DATABASE_URL or picking a project through the Neon CLI or MCP server, then stores the connection string in .env after reading the file. It explains when to use the pooled -pooler string and when migrations, dumps or LISTEN/NOTIFY need the direct one. For slow queries it maps symptoms to read-only neon inspect db checks such as outliers, locks, bloat and lfc-hit-rate, and adds FILECACHE and PREFETCH options to EXPLAIN. It also points to branching, scale to zero, read replicas and Lakebase vector, full-text and hybrid search.

When should you use neon-postgres?

Use it when

  • Connecting an app or ORM to a Neon database
  • Prisma or Drizzle migrations fail on a pooled connection
  • Tracing a slow query or storage growth on Neon

Skip it when

  • Your Postgres runs on another host
  • You need Neon Auth or realtime, which other Neon skills cover

What it needs and what it can touch

You need

  • A Neon account and project
  • The Neon CLI or the Neon MCP server

What it can do

  • Runs shell commands (Neon CLI)
  • Reads and edits your .env file
  • Runs read-only diagnostic SQL against your Neon database

From reading its instructions, not from running it.

Why it scores 86

Strongest on upkeep (100 of 100), weakest on adoption (63).

  • Adoption35 points 63
  • Upkeep20 points 100
  • Trust20 points 100
  • Quality15 points 100
  • Reader answers10 points Not enough answers yet, so this does not count

How the formula works

Is neon-postgres safe to install?

Every scanner that checked it passed it. Scanners often miss what other scanners catch, and a skill can change after a scan. Read its source before you install it.

ScannerResultDate
Gen Agent Trust HubPassedNov 6, 2026
SocketPassedNov 7, 2026
SnykLow riskNov 6, 2026
RunlayerLow riskFeb 26, 2026
ZeroLeaksPassedApr 15, 2026

Details

Installs
308,309
Repository stars
112
Last repository change
Tokens always loaded
about 163
Tokens when used
about 4,088
License
Apache-2.0
Data confidence
High

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