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Postgres Best Practices

neondatabase/postgres-best-practices

Best practices and guidelines for working with Postgres. Covers schema design, indexing strategies, query optimization, migrations, and common pitfalls. Use when writing SQL, designing database schemas, optimizing queries, or setting up a Postgres database.

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/neondatabase/postgres-skills --skill postgres-best-practices

What comes with it

356 bytes besides the instruction
references/schema-design.md

The instruction itself

2 sections, as written by the author

Postgres Best Practices

Guidelines and best practices for working with Postgres, covering schema design, indexing, query optimization, and common pitfalls.

References

| Area | Resource | When to Use |

| -------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |

| Schema Design | references/schema-design.md | Designing tables, choosing data types, normalizing |

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take neondatabase/postgres-best-practices from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

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