# planetscale-readonly-inventory

Collects read-only inventory data from PlanetScale databases, branches, backups, and Query Insights. It audits infrastructure setup without risking mutations or secret generation.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1700 installs · ★ 136
- Author: planetscale
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/planetscale/skills/tree/HEAD/planetscale-readonly-inventory/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/planetscale-readonly-inventory

## What it does

The skill builds an inventory of PlanetScale Vitess and Postgres databases without altering state. Permitted actions cover listing databases, branches, keyspaces, Postgres roles, backup schedules, and schema recommendations. Any destructive operation, DDL mutation, deploy request approval, or credential generation is blocked by default without explicit confirmation.

Commands rely on the `pscale` CLI and PlanetScale REST API, grounding endpoints in official documentation. In the CLI, the organization argument requires the `--org` flag, while API query parameters must use `-Q key=value`. The skill also reads live session telemetry via `pscale branch connections top` and reviews Postgres traffic budgets directly from the API.

Known API limitations are handled explicitly. Requesting the second page of schema recommendations triggers a 404 error, so the skill uses `open_schema_recommendations_count` on the database object to report totals. Similarly, PITR state lacks a verified read path and is flagged as unassessed instead of guessing endpoints.

## Requirements
- Works with: PostgreSQL

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add planetscale/skills --skill planetscale-readonly-inventory -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add planetscale/skills --skill planetscale-readonly-inventory -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add planetscale/skills --skill planetscale-readonly-inventory -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install planetscale/skills planetscale-readonly-inventory
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/planetscale-readonly-inventory/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add planetscale/skills --skill planetscale-readonly-inventory -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/planetscale/skills --path planetscale-readonly-inventory
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add planetscale/skills --skill planetscale-readonly-inventory -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/planetscale/skills/tree/HEAD/planetscale-readonly-inventory/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- collect PlanetScale branch, backup, and webhook configurations
- inspect Query Insights metrics and surface query anomalies
- audit Postgres roles and active connections without mutations
- retrieve open schema recommendations and traffic budget limits

## Example prompts
- Run a read-only audit of production-db in organization my-org with planetscale-readonly-inventory.
- Inspect Query Insights telemetry and open schema recommendations for the main branch using planetscale-readonly-inventory.
- List configured webhooks and Postgres roles for analytics-db without changing settings.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: planetscale-readonly-inventory
description: Collect read-only evidence about PlanetScale org, database, branches, webhooks, backups, roles, Insights, recommendations, and traffic configuration.
---

# Read-only inventory

## Purpose

Build an evidence-backed inventory of a PlanetScale database without making changes.

## Allowed actions

Allowed by default:

- List organizations, databases, branches, keyspaces, regions, and sizes.
- Read branch metadata.
- Read webhook configuration.
- Read schema recommendations.
- Read Query Insights, anomalies, and query patterns through MCP or API.
- Read traffic budgets and rules.
- Read Postgres roles and non-secret role metadata.
- Read backup schedules and restore metadata.
- Read branch schema.
- Inspect live connection/session metadata with the Connections CLI view.
- Inspect repository files for frameworks, ORMs, migrations, SQL tagging, and connection config.
- Inspect Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code definitions for
  PlanetScale roles, backups, backup policies, Postgres parameters, and
  supported extensions.

Not allowed without explicit approval:

- Any create, update, delete, enable, disable, reset, deploy, restore, promote, enforce, or apply operation.
- Any SQL mutation.
- Any command that emits new credentials unless the operator explicitly asked for credential work.

## Interfaces and documentation grounding

Ground every command and endpoint in the official documentation instead of
guessing. PlanetScale publishes agent-readable docs:

- Docs index: https://planetscale.com/docs/llms.txt
- Any docs page as markdown: append `.md` to its URL
- API reference: https://planetscale.com/docs/openapi.yaml (OpenAPI 3.0)

Verify an endpoint path in the API reference before calling it. A 404 from
an unverified path is a wrong path, not a finding; do not record it as
platform state and do not conclude "not configured" from it.

Verified interface notes (recheck against the docs when a command fails):

- `pscale database show <database> --org <org>` — the org is a flag, not a
  positional argument.
- `pscale api <path>` takes org-relative paths such as
  `organizations/{org}/databases/{db}/branches/{branch}` — there is no
  `get` subcommand and no `/v1/` prefix. Pass query parameters with
```
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