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id: neon name: Neon Database version: 1.0.0 author: OpenClaw Community description: Complete Neon Serverless Postgres documentation. Covers serverless setup, branching, autoscaling, integrations (Vercel, Drizzle, Prisma), connection pooling, extensions, and best practices. categories:

• database
• documentation
• postgresql
• serverless tags:
• neon
• postgresql
• serverless
• database
• vercel
• drizzle
• prisma
• nextjs
• branching
• autoscaling homepage: https://neon.tech repository: https://github.com/neondatabase/neon documentation: https://neon.tech/docs

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Neon Database Documentation

Complete Neon Serverless Postgres documentation extracted from the official Neon website repository.

Contents

This skill includes 546 markdown files (6.8MB) covering:

Core Concepts

• Introduction - What is Neon, architecture, and core concepts
• Get Started - Quick start guides and initial setup
• Serverless - Serverless PostgreSQL fundamentals

Features

• Branching - Database branching workflows (preview, development)
• Autoscaling - Compute autoscaling and scale-to-zero
• Connection Pooling - Connection pooling and serverless optimization
• Data API - HTTP-based data access

Integrations

• Vercel - Vercel integration (env vars, preview branches)
• Drizzle ORM - Drizzle setup and migrations
• Prisma - Prisma integration
• Next.js - Next.js + Neon patterns
• Auth - Authentication integrations (Better Auth, Auth.js, Clerk, etc.)

Database Management

• Manage - Projects, branches, databases, roles, compute
• Import - Data import strategies (PostgreSQL dump, CSV, etc.)
• Extensions - PostgreSQL extensions (pgvector, PostGIS, timescaledb, etc.)
• Functions - User-defined functions and stored procedures
• Data Types - PostgreSQL data types and Neon-specific types

Reference

• API Reference - Neon API endpoints and CLI (neonctl)
• Security - Security best practices, encryption, compliance
• PostgreSQL - PostgreSQL-specific documentation
• AI/ML - AI embeddings, RAG, pgvector

Developer Resources

• Guides - Step-by-step tutorials for common use cases
• Community - Community resources and support channels

Usage

This skill provides comprehensive documentation for:

1. Setting up Neon - Creating projects, connecting to databases
2. Integrations - Connecting Neon to frameworks and ORMs (Vercel, Drizzle, Prisma, Next.js, Better Auth)
3. Advanced Features - Branching, autoscaling, connection pooling
4. Best Practices - Serverless optimization, security, performance
5. API & CLI - Programmatic access via API and neonctl CLI

File Structure

docs/
├── introduction/        # Core concepts, architecture
├── get-started/         # Quick start guides
├── serverless/          # Serverless PostgreSQL
├── connect/             # Connection strings, pooling
├── data-api/            # HTTP data access
├── manage/              # Project and database management
├── import/              # Data import guides
├── extensions/          # PostgreSQL extensions
├── functions/           # User-defined functions
├── data-types/          # PostgreSQL data types
├── reference/           # API reference, CLI
├── security/            # Security best practices
├── auth/                # Authentication integrations
├── ai/                  # AI/ML features (pgvector)
├── guides/              # Step-by-step tutorials
├── community/           # Community resources
└── shared-content/      # Reusable documentation snippets

Documentation Source

Official Neon documentation extracted from:

• Repository: https://github.com/neondatabase/website
• Website: https://neon.tech/docs
• Last Updated: 2026-02-07

License

Documentation content © Neon Corporation. Used for educational purposes under fair use. Skill package © OpenClaw Community, MIT License.