Databases · head-to-head
supabase-skill vs planetscale-skills
Pick supabase-skill if you are on Postgres and want the agent to write row-level-security-correct queries, auth, and realtime by default. Pick planetscale-skills if you are on MySQL and want schema changes to behave like Git — branch, deploy-request, merge — without downtime at scale.
Pick supabase-skill
Your stack is Postgres (or Supabase), and RLS policies, auth flows, edge functions, and realtime are where you want the agent to stop making mistakes.
Pick planetscale-skills
Your stack is MySQL at scale, and you want branch-based, zero-downtime schema migrations with a deploy-request workflow.
Side by side
How they differ
| supabase-skill | planetscale-skills | |
|---|---|---|
| Database engine | Postgres | MySQL / Vitess |
| Signature strength | Row-level security, auth, realtime, edge functions | Schema branching, deploy requests, online migrations |
| Migration model | Standard migrations, RLS-aware | Git-style branch / deploy-request / merge |
| Scale approach | Managed Postgres | Horizontal Vitess sharding |
| Publisher | Supabase (official) | PlanetScale (official) |
| Provenance | Verified | Verified |
Open supabase-skill or planetscale-skills for the composite score, license, and exact install commands, or browse the full Databases category.
Verdict
The bottom line
The choice follows your database, not the skill. If you already run Postgres or Supabase, supabase-skill removes the most common footguns — views bypassing RLS, updates silently returning zero rows — and knows auth and realtime. If you run MySQL on PlanetScale, planetscale-skills makes migrations reviewable and safe with the branch-and-deploy-request flow. Neither replaces the other; pick the one that matches the engine you are committed to.
FAQ
Common questions
Should I use the Supabase or PlanetScale skill?
Match your database. supabase-skill is for Postgres/Supabase and is strongest on row-level security, auth, and realtime. planetscale-skills is for MySQL on PlanetScale and is strongest on Git-style schema branching and zero-downtime migrations. Both are official, vendor-published, verified skills.
Is Supabase or PlanetScale better for schema migrations?
It depends on the model you want. planetscale-skills brings a branch / deploy-request / merge workflow that makes schema changes reviewable and non-blocking on MySQL. supabase-skill handles standard Postgres migrations and, crucially, keeps them row-level-security-aware. If Git-like migration branching is the priority, PlanetScale; if RLS-correctness is, Supabase.
Do these skills work outside Claude Code?
We list only verified-working agents on each skill page. supabase-skill is catalogued for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex; planetscale-skills for Claude Code and Cursor. Check each skill page for the current list.
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