What problem does it solve?
Neon PostgreSQL serverless deployments can be complex to configure, scale, and integrate across modern app stacks. This Skill provides a guided approach to setting up Neon with serverless drivers, connection pooling, branching, and autoscaling to support scalable applications.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Serverless Driver: Use the Neon serverless client to execute HTTP-based queries efficiently from edge and serverless environments.
- Connection Pooling & Branching: Leverage HTTP-based pooling for transactional workloads and Neon branching to create isolated development environments without impacting main environments.
- Migrations & ORM Integration: Integrate with ORMs (e.g., Drizzle) and manage migrations with Neon workflows for safe schema changes.
- Best Practices & Performance: Guidance on choosing HTTP vs WebSocket pooling, and configuring connection strings for development, staging, and production.
Quick Start
- Install the serverless driver:
npm install @neondatabase/serverless
- Set up your Neon project and obtain a connection string:
Go to Neon console and copy your DATABASE_URL
- Configure your environment:
Set DATABASE_URL in your environment, then initialize sql:
import { neon } from "@neondatabase/serverless";
const sql = neon(process.env.DATABASE_URL!);
- Run queries:
const users = await sql
SELECT * FROM users;
