Neon Serverless Postgres

Neon is a serverless Postgres platform that separates compute and storage to offer autoscaling, branching, instant restore, and scale-to-zero. It's fully compatible with Postgres and works with any language, framework, or ORM that supports Postgres.

Neon Documentation

The Neon documentation is the source of truth for all Neon-related information. Always verify claims against the official docs before responding. Neon features and APIs evolve, so prefer fetching current docs over relying on training data.

Fetching docs as markdown

Any Neon doc page can be fetched as markdown in two ways:

1. Append .md to the URL (simplest): https://neon.com/docs/introduction/branching.md
2. Request text/markdown on the standard URL: curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://neon.com/docs/introduction/branching

Both return the same markdown content. Use whichever method your tools support.

Finding the right page

The docs index lists every available page with its URL and a short description:

https://neon.com/docs/llms.txt

Common doc URLs are listed in the tables below. If you need a page not listed here, search the docs index — don't guess URLs.

Common Documentation Paths

Framework & Language Guides

Platform API

For managing Neon resources programmatically (projects, branches, endpoints, databases, roles):

Quick cross-reference (common operations across interfaces):

Overview of Resources

Reference the appropriate resource file based on the user's needs:

Core Guides

Database Drivers & ORMs

HTTP/WebSocket queries for serverless/edge functions.

Auth & Data API SDKs

Authentication and PostgREST-style data API for Neon.

Neon Platform API & CLI

Managing Neon resources programmatically via REST API, SDKs, or CLI.