neon

What This Skill Does

The neon skill provides a powerful interface for interacting with the Neon serverless Postgres platform. It allows users to programmatically manage their entire cloud database infrastructure directly from the OpenClaw agent. The skill supports full project lifecycle management—from creating and deleting projects to complex operations like database branching, role management, and endpoint configuration. By leveraging the Neon API, this skill enables AI agents to provision isolated environments on-the-fly, scale compute resources, and perform point-in-time restores, making it an essential tool for automated database administration and development workflows.

Installation

You can install this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/aiwithabidi/neon

Ensure that you have set your environment variable NEON_API_KEY to grant the agent access to your Neon account. The skill is written in pure Python without external dependencies, ensuring a lightweight and secure integration.

Use Cases

• DevOps Automation: Automate the creation of temporary database branches for individual CI/CD pipelines.
• Testing Environments: Spin up fresh, isolated database instances for automated integration testing and tear them down afterward.
• Database Management: Monitor and manage connection pools, roles, and compute scaling settings dynamically based on application load.
• Disaster Recovery: Utilize the branch-restore feature to recover data to a specific timestamp in the event of accidental data loss or corruption.

Example Prompts

1. "Neon skill, please create a new database branch called 'testing-fix' for my project 'proj-abc123' based on the 'main' branch."
2. "Can you list all the current endpoints for my 'prod-app' project and tell me which ones are active?"
3. "Restore the 'dev' branch in my primary project to the state it was in yesterday at 2 PM using the branch-restore command."

Tips & Limitations

• Security: Always treat your NEON_API_KEY as a sensitive secret. Do not hardcode it in scripts; use environment variables or a secure secret manager.
• Project Limits: Be mindful of your Neon tier limits regarding the number of projects and branches you can create to avoid unexpected API errors.
• Performance: While the skill is efficient, remember that database provisioning involves infrastructure orchestration, so allow a few seconds for new branches or projects to become ready after a creation command is issued.