Engineering · Skill
Neon
Overview of Neon, a complete set of cloud backend primitives around Lakebase Postgres: Auth, Object Storage, Functions, the AI Gateway, and Realtime. 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. Child skill neon-auth wins for login, users, sessions, identity routing, and Managed Better Auth setup. Child skill neon-realtime wins for live queries in reactive apps and agents. Also use for object storage, S3, buckets, serverless functions, function triggers, cron, AI gateway, LLM calls, realtime, logs, Loki, Grafana, observability, postgres, database, backend, Claimable Neon, neon.new, a no-signup database, or pairing Neon with Upstash for cache, Redis, rate limiting, queues, or background jobs.
Open in PhởWhat the skill covers
The sections of its instructions, in order.
- 01 Backend Primitives
- Region availability
- 02 Architecture: How to Use Neon
- 03 Convert an app onto Neon
- 04 Neon Documentation
- Finding the Right Page
- Fetching Docs as Markdown
- 05 Choosing the Right Skill
- Installing the Right Skill
- Updating Skills
- 06 Getting Started with Neon
- Check the CLI, then credentials
- Combined setup: neon init
- 1. Install the Neon CLI
- 2. Install the Neon MCP Server
- 3. Install Neon Agent Skills
- 4. Link Your Project and Get Started
- Bootstrap a New Project
- 07 Starting without a Neon account
- 08 Neon Infrastructure as Code
Reference files
6 files Phở can open while it uses the skill.
- references/auth.md
- references/claimable-neon.md
- references/function-triggers.md
- references/logs-loki.md
- references/parse-env.md
- references/sdk.md
More in Neon Postgres
- Lakebase Postgres
Guides and best practices for working with Lakebase Postgres on Neon: connections, pooled vs direct, schema migrations, branching (including schema-only, reset-from-parent, and…
- Neon Auth
Add authentication to a new app. Use for "add auth", "add login", Neon Auth (Managed Better Auth), identity routing, sign-up, sign-in, password reset, email OTP, magic links…
- Neon Functions
Long-running, serverless Node.js HTTP functions deployed onto your Neon branch, with DATABASE_URL injected automatically and compute that runs next to your data. Use when a user…
- Neon Object Storage
S3-compatible object storage that branches with your database, so each branch gets its own copy of the files and the rows that point at them. Use when a user wants object…
- Neon Realtime
Neon Realtime makes any SQL query live. Build realtime, reactive apps and agents on Lakebase Postgres with live SQL queries and reactivity primitives. Use when app UI or agent…
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Frequently asked questions
What does Neon do?
Overview of Neon, a complete set of cloud backend primitives around Lakebase Postgres: Auth, Object Storage, Functions, the AI Gateway, and Realtime. 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. Child skill neon-auth wins for login, users, sessions, identity routing, and Managed Better Auth setup. Child skill neon-realtime wins for live queries in reactive apps and agents. Also use for object storage, S3, buckets, serverless functions, function triggers, cron, AI gateway, LLM calls, realtime, logs, Loki, Grafana, observability, postgres, database, backend, Claimable Neon, neon.new, a no-signup database, or pairing Neon with Upstash for cache, Redis, rate limiting, queues, or background jobs.
Is Neon free to use?
Yes. Neon is published by Neon under the Apache 2.0 licence, and you can use it with a free Phở account.
How do I use Neon in Phở?
Press Open in Phở, then Try to apply it to your next message, or add the Neon Postgres set so Phở loads it whenever a request matches.
Does Neon need other tools?
No. It works in a normal Phở chat with what you type or upload.
Copied unchanged from neondatabase/agent-skills at commit ea79164 and credited to Neon, who is not affiliated with Phở. The full instructions and licence text ship with the skill inside Phở.