supabase-postgres-best-practices

Note: CLAUDE.md is a symlink to this file.

Overview

Postgres performance optimization and best practices from Supabase. Use this skill when writing, reviewing, or optimizing Postgres queries, schema designs, or database configurations.

Structure

supabase-postgres-best-practices/
  SKILL.md       # Main skill file - read this first
  AGENTS.md      # This navigation guide
  CLAUDE.md      # Symlink to AGENTS.md
  references/    # Detailed reference files

Usage

1. Read SKILL.md for the main skill instructions
2. Browse references/ for detailed documentation on specific topics
3. Reference files are loaded on-demand - read only what you need

Reference Categories

Reference files are named {prefix}-{topic}.md (e.g., query-missing-indexes.md).

Available References

Advanced Features (advanced-):

• references/advanced-full-text-search.md
• references/advanced-jsonb-indexing.md

Connection Management (conn-):

• references/conn-idle-timeout.md
• references/conn-limits.md
• references/conn-pooling.md
• references/conn-prepared-statements.md

Data Access Patterns (data-):

• references/data-batch-inserts.md
• references/data-n-plus-one.md
• references/data-pagination.md
• references/data-upsert.md

Concurrency & Locking (lock-):

• references/lock-advisory.md
• references/lock-deadlock-prevention.md
• references/lock-short-transactions.md
• references/lock-skip-locked.md

Monitoring & Diagnostics (monitor-):

• references/monitor-explain-analyze.md
• references/monitor-pg-stat-statements.md
• references/monitor-vacuum-analyze.md

Query Performance (query-):

• references/query-composite-indexes.md
• references/query-covering-indexes.md
• references/query-index-types.md
• references/query-missing-indexes.md
• references/query-partial-indexes.md

Schema Design (schema-):

• references/schema-data-types.md
• references/schema-foreign-key-indexes.md
• references/schema-lowercase-identifiers.md
• references/schema-partitioning.md
• references/schema-primary-keys.md

Security & RLS (security-):

• references/security-privileges.md
• references/security-rls-basics.md
• references/security-rls-performance.md

30 reference files across 8 categories