postgres

The generalist Postgres skill the ecosystem was missing — schema, indexing, extensions and migrations, from a Postgres company.

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Install

$ npx skills add timescale/pg-aiguide --skill postgres

Or install the whole bundle: npx skills add timescale/pg-aiguide

Best for

Any Postgres decision where the default answer is wrong: choosing between B-tree and GIN, partitioning a large table, or picking an index type for pgvector at your data size.

Not ideal for

MySQL or SQL Server work. It is Postgres-specific by design, including the extension ecosystem (pgvector, PostGIS, TimescaleDB) that makes Postgres advice non-transferable.

About this skill

Use this skill for any PostgreSQL database work — table design, indexing, data types, constraints, extensions (pgvector, PostGIS, TimescaleDB), search, and migrations. Trigger when asked to design or modify PostgreSQL tables, schemas or data models; choose data types, constraints, indexes or partitioning strategies; work with pgvector embeddings, semantic search or RAG; set up full-text, hybrid or BM25 search; use PostGIS for spatial data; set up TimescaleDB hypertables for time-series; or plan and execute safe schema migrations with zero downtime.

PostgreSQLpgvectorSchema design

Score breakdown

Score breakdown

rubric 1.0
Install count
0/20
Provenance
12.8/15
GitHub stars
9.2/15
Recency
6/10
Compatibility
2/10
Documentation depth
10/10
Install ergonomics
10/10
License
5/5
Verification freshness
0.5/5

Composite 0–100 score derived from 9 verifiable signals. See the rubric →

PlanetScale's schema branching and index-aware queries, packaged for agents.

SchemaMigrationsMySQL
Code
Medium4 min

Supabase done right. RLS policies, edge functions, realtime, auth — in idiomatic patterns.

PostgresRLSRealtime
Code
Medium4 min

Prisma migrations and queries by the book. Index-aware, migration-safe, type-correct.

PrismaTypeScriptMigrations
Code
Medium3 min

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postgres vs the alternatives

Skill FAQ

About postgres

What is the postgres skill?

Use this skill for any PostgreSQL database work — table design, indexing, data types, constraints, extensions (pgvector, PostGIS, TimescaleDB), search, and migrations. Trigger when asked to design or modify PostgreSQL tables, schemas or data models; choose data types, constraints, indexes or partitioning strategies; work with pgvector embeddings, semantic search or RAG; set up full-text, hybrid or BM25 search; use PostGIS for spatial data; set up TimescaleDB hypertables for time-series; or plan and execute safe schema migrations with zero downtime.

Which agents does postgres work with?

Claude Code.

How do I install postgres?

Run `npx skills add timescale/pg-aiguide --skill postgres` for Claude Code. See the install panel for per-agent commands.

Is postgres free to use?

Yes — postgres is open source (Apache-2.0).

Who maintains postgres?

postgres is published by TigerData (Timescale) and was last updated on 2026-06-26.

What is postgres best for?

Any Postgres decision where the default answer is wrong: choosing between B-tree and GIN, partitioning a large table, or picking an index type for pgvector at your data size.