Agent skill · software engineering · sickn33
claimable-postgres
Provision instant temporary Postgres databases via Claimable Postgres by Neon (neon.new) with no login, signup, or credit card. Supports REST API, CLI, and SDK.
Why this skill is useful
Adds specific REST API commands and usage patterns for provisioning temporary Postgres databases that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 7k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 44,571 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Claimable Postgres When to Use Use this skill when you need provision instant temporary Postgres databases via Claimable Postgres by Neon (neon.new) with no login, signup, or credit card. Supports REST API, CLI, and SDK. Use when users ask for a quick Postgres environment, a throwaway DATABASEURL for prototyping/tests, or "just give me a DB... Instant Postgres databases for local development, demos, prototyping, and test environments. No account required. Databases expire after 72 hours unless claimed to a Neon account. Quick Start Parse connectionstring and claimurl from the JSON response. Write connectionstring to the project's .env as DATABASEURL. For other methods (CLI, SDK, Vite plugin), see Which Method? below. Which Method? REST API: Returns structured JSON. No runtime dependency beyond curl. Preferred when the agent needs predictable output and error handling. CLI (npx neon-new@latest --yes): Provisions and writes .env in one command. Convenient when Node.js is available and the user wants a simple setup. SDK (neon-new/sdk): Scripts or programmatic provisioning in Node.js. Vite plugin (vite-plugin-neon-new): Auto-provisions on vite dev if DATABASEURL is missing. Use when the user has a Vite project. Browser: User cannot run CLI or API. Direct to https://neon.new. REST API Base URL: https://neon.new/api/v1 Create a database Parameter Required Description ---------------------------- -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ref Yes Tracking tag that identifies who provisioned the database. Use "agent-skills" when provisioning through this skill. enablelogicalreplication No Enable logical replication (default: false, cannot be disabled once enabled) The connectionstring returned by the API is a pooled connection URL. For a direct (non-pooled) connection (e.g. Prisma migrations), remove -pooler from the hostname. The CLI writes both pooled and direct URLs automatically. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills sickn33/claimable-postgres--4858d9