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Neon MCP Server

Interact with Neon serverless Postgres. Manage branches, databases, and roles with AI-powered administration.

Capabilities
Serverless Postgres Branches Databases Roles
Maintained by
Neon
Hosting
Hosted by the vendor
Authentication
OAuth sign-in
Last checked

Neon API key can be passed as Authorization: Bearer instead of OAuth; not recommended for production.

How to connect the Neon MCP server

Pick your AI client and paste the snippet. New to this? Our guide to how MCP clients and servers fit together explains what each piece does.

Claude Code

Terminal
claude mcp add --transport http neon https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp

Then run /mcp inside Claude Code and choose Authenticate to sign in.

Full Claude Code setup guide →

Claude Desktop and claude.ai

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
Name: Neon
Remote MCP server URL: https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp

Custom connectors need a Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise plan. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds them in admin settings.

Full Claude Desktop setup guide →

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in a project)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "neon": {
      "url": "https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Full Cursor setup guide →

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "neon": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Full VS Code setup guide →

ChatGPT

Business, Enterprise and Edu plans (and Pro, read-only) can add this endpoint as an app in developer mode. ChatGPT setup guide →

Frequently asked questions

What is the Neon MCP server?

It is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server — a small piece of software that gives AI assistants like Claude a secure, governed connection to Neon. Interact with Neon serverless Postgres. Manage branches, databases, and roles with AI-powered administration.

Is there an official Neon MCP server?

Yes. The Neon MCP server is an official integration, maintained by the vendor or the Model Context Protocol project, which makes it the safest default for business use. It is maintained by Neon.

Is the Neon MCP server hosted, or do I run it myself?

It is hosted. Neon runs the endpoint at https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp, so there is nothing to install: you add the URL to your AI client and sign in with your Neon account.

Do I need an API key for the Neon MCP server?

No API key is needed for the hosted server. You sign in through Neon's own OAuth screen, and the assistant only gets the access your account has.

What can an AI assistant actually do with Neon?

Through this server an assistant can work with serverless postgres, branches, databases, roles — reading from and acting on Neon directly instead of you copy-pasting between windows. What you allow it to do is controlled by the permissions you grant.

How do I set this up for my business?

The setup section above has copy-paste config for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code. Once it is running against real systems, the question becomes what catches it when it acts wrongly, which is what Crox's Safety Diagnostic looks at.

New to MCP? Start with our plain-English guide to the Model Context Protocol or see how to connect AI to your business tools without writing code .

Done-for-you integration

Already running this in production?

An agent with a live connection to your tools is a model that can act. Crox looks at what catches it when it acts wrongly: the layers around it, who can stop it, and where a near miss gets reported. Two days, one team, one model.