# neon-auth

Provisions Managed Better Auth in Neon Postgres branches. The skill sets up email OTP, magic links, OAuth, and migration flows from Supabase Auth.

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- Author: neondatabase
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/neondatabase/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/neon-auth/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/neon-auth

## What it does

The skill provisions authentication using Neon Managed Better Auth. Users and sessions live directly in the `neon_auth` schema on Lakebase Postgres, meaning auth state branches alongside the database. Client integration runs through `@neondatabase/auth` or `@neondatabase/neon-js/auth`, exposing methods such as `signIn.email`, `signIn.social`, and `getSession`.

Transactional messages like email OTP and magic links run out of the box via shared SMTP at `auth@mail.myneon.app`. Production setups require custom SMTP. Configuration merges into `neon.ts` by setting `auth: true` before running `neon deploy`.

Managed Auth runs strictly on AWS regions. It will not work if the project enables IP Allow or Private Networking.

## Requirements
- Works with: Supabase

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add neondatabase/agent-skills --skill neon-auth -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/neon-auth/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/neon-auth/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add neondatabase/agent-skills --skill neon-auth -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/neon-auth/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add neondatabase/agent-skills --skill neon-auth -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/neon-auth/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install neondatabase/agent-skills neon-auth
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/neon-auth/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add neondatabase/agent-skills --skill neon-auth -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/neondatabase/agent-skills --path skills/neon-auth
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/neon-auth/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add neondatabase/agent-skills --skill neon-auth -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/neondatabase/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/neon-auth/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- configure email OTP and magic links
- isolate authentication states across database branches
- migrate existing logins from Supabase Auth to Managed Better Auth
- set up Google, GitHub, or Vercel social OAuth

## Example prompts
- Add auth to this project using Neon Auth
- Configure email login and magic links with @neondatabase/auth
- Migrate our authentication from Supabase Auth to Managed Better Auth

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: neon-auth
description: >-
  Add authentication to a new app. Use for "add auth", "add login", Neon Auth
  (Managed Better Auth), identity routing, sign-up, sign-in, password reset,
  email OTP, magic links, organizations, phone OTP, OAuth, passkeys, MFA,
  trusted domains, invalid domain, and @neondatabase/auth. No existing identity:
  default to Managed Better Auth. Keep working Better Auth, Clerk, Supabase
  Auth, or another IdP. User asked to migrate from Supabase Auth: Managed
  Better Auth. A required plugin outside Managed support: self-managed Better
  Auth on a Neon Function or the existing app host. Also use for auth APIs in
  @neondatabase/neon-js.
metadata:
  parent: neon
  source: https://github.com/neondatabase/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/neon-auth
---

**FIRST**: Use the parent `neon` skill for a Neon overview, getting started with Neon, Neon development best practices, and more.

If the `neon` skill is not installed, fetch it from https://neon.com/docs/ai/skills/neon/SKILL.md or install it with:

```bash
neon skills -s neon -y
```

# Neon Auth

Neon Auth is Managed Better Auth: users, sessions, and auth config live in the `neon_auth` schema on the branch's Lakebase Postgres, and auth state branches with the database. The client API is the Better Auth method set (`signIn.email`, `signIn.social`, `getSession`) through `@neondatabase/auth`. That wrapper is not a drop-in for bare `better-auth/client`: it pins the plugin list and adds Neon-specific OAuth verifier, iframe popup, and JWT handling. Stay on the wrapper while Auth is managed.

This skill chooses identity, then implements Managed Better Auth. It does not replace a working auth server in order to use Postgres, Functions, Object Storage, or the AI Gateway.

## When to Use

Inspect existing identity and the required login features before provisioning. A supplied `DATABASE_URL` is not a reason to change identity. Adding a Neon Function is not a reason to change identity.

| Situation | What to do |
| --- | --- |
| No existing auth | Default to Managed Better Auth. [Managed setup](#managed-setup), then [references/managed-auth.md](references/managed-auth.md). |
| Needs a feature Managed does not offer | Self-managed Better Auth on the existing app host (Vercel or similar) or a Neon Function. Keep Lakebase Postgres. Confirm the **installed** Better Auth version documents that exact flow before recommending the move. If support stays unresolved, keep the current identity. [references/self-managed.md](references/self-managed.md). |
| Already has Better Auth | Keep it. It works with the other Neon primitives. Migrate to Managed only if the user asks. |
| User asked to migrate from Supabase Auth | Managed Better Auth. [Supabase Auth](#supabase-auth). Moving only Postgres or adding a Function keeps Supabase Auth. |
| Clerk, Auth.js, Supabase Auth, or another working IdP | Keep it unless the user asks to migrate. |
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