claimable-postgres

Claimable Postgres

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

curl -s -X POST "https://pg.new/api/v1/database" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"ref": "agent-skills"}'

Parse connection_string and claim_url from the JSON response. Write connection_string to the project's .env as DATABASE_URL.

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 get-db@latest --yes): Provisions and writes .env in one command. Convenient when Node.js is available and the user wants a simple setup.
• SDK (get-db/sdk): Scripts or programmatic provisioning in Node.js.
• Vite plugin (vite-plugin-db): Auto-provisions on vite dev if DATABASE_URL is missing. Use when the user has a Vite project.
• Browser: User cannot run CLI or API. Direct to https://pg.new.

REST API

Base URL: https://pg.new/api/v1

Create a database

curl -s -X POST "https://pg.new/api/v1/database" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"ref": "agent-skills"}'

Parameter	Required	Description
ref	Yes	Tracking tag that identifies who provisioned the database. Use "agent-skills" when provisioning through this skill.
enable_logical_replication	No	Enable logical replication (default: false, cannot be disabled once enabled)

The connection_string 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.

Response:

{
  "id": "019beb39-37fb-709d-87ac-7ad6198b89f7",
  "status": "UNCLAIMED",
  "neon_project_id": "gentle-scene-06438508",
  "connection_string": "postgresql://...",
  "claim_url": "https://pg.new/claim/019beb39-...",
  "expires_at": "2026-01-26T14:19:14.580Z",
  "created_at": "2026-01-23T14:19:14.580Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-01-23T14:19:14.580Z"
}