| name | using-neon |
| description | Neon is a serverless Postgres platform that separates compute and storage to offer autoscaling, branching, instant restore, and scale-to-zero. It's fully compatible with Postgres and works with any language, framework, or ORM that supports Postgres. |
| type | skill |
| created | 2026-02-27T00:00:00.000Z |
| domain | software-development |
| category | database |
| risk | safe |
| source | https://github.com/neondatabase/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/neon-postgres |
| tags | ["skill","software-development","database","using","neon"] |
Neon Serverless Postgres
Neon is a serverless Postgres platform that separates compute and storage to offer autoscaling, branching, instant restore, and scale-to-zero. It's fully compatible with Postgres and works with any language, framework, or ORM that supports Postgres.
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when:
- Working with Neon Serverless Postgres
- Setting up Neon databases
- Choosing connection methods for Neon
- Using Neon features like branching or autoscaling
- Working with Neon authentication or APIs
- Questions about Neon best practices
Neon Documentation
Always reference the Neon documentation before making Neon-related claims. The documentation is the source of truth for all Neon-related information.
Below you'll find a list of resources organized by area of concern. This is meant to support you find the right documentation pages to fetch and add a bit of additonal context.
You can use the curl commands to fetch the documentation page as markdown:
Documentation:
curl https://neon.com/llms.txt
curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://neon.com/docs/<path>
Don't guess docs pages. Use the llms.txt index to find the relevant URL or follow the links in the resources below.
Overview of Resources
Reference the appropriate resource file based on the user's needs:
Core Guides
| Area | Resource | When to Use |
|---|
| What is Neon | references/what-is-neon.md | Understanding Neon concepts, architecture, core resources |
| Referencing Docs | references/referencing-docs.md | Looking up official documentation, verifying information |
| Features | references/features.md | Branching, autoscaling, scale-to-zero, instant restore |
| Getting Started | references/getting-started.md | Setting up a project, connection strings, dependencies, schema |
| Connection Methods | references/connection-methods.md |
