neon-postgres

Installation
Summary

Comprehensive guides and best practices for Neon Serverless Postgres, covering setup, connection methods, authentication, and platform APIs.

  • Covers getting started, local development setup, connection method selection (TCP, HTTP, WebSocket), and driver installation for any language or framework
  • Includes Neon-specific features: autoscaling, branching (instant copy-on-write clones), scale-to-zero, instant restore, and read replicas
  • Provides CLI tooling (neonctl), TypeScript/Python SDKs, and REST API documentation for programmatic resource management and CI/CD automation
  • Guides on Neon Auth integration, connection pooling for serverless environments, IP allow lists, and logical replication workflows
SKILL.md

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.

Neon Documentation

The Neon documentation is the source of truth for all Neon-related information. Always verify claims against the official docs before responding. Neon features and APIs evolve, so prefer fetching current docs over relying on training data.

Fetching Docs as Markdown

Any Neon doc page can be fetched as markdown in two ways:

  1. Append .md to the URL (simplest): https://neon.com/docs/introduction/branching.md
  2. Request text/markdown on the standard URL: curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://neon.com/docs/introduction/branching

Both return the same markdown content. Use whichever method your tools support.

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