Database & Backend

The core pattern of skills + MCP working together. The Supabase skill teaches Claude proper indexing, RLS policies, and migration strategies. The MCP server lets Claude execute them against your live database. Neither alone can do what both achieve together.

5 min setup4 components2 skills2 MCP serversLast updated Feb 21, 2026

Skills

Supabase Postgres

PostgreSQL optimization, Row Level Security, migrations, indexing, and connection pooling.

npx skills add supabase/agent-skills/supabase-postgres-best-practices

Better Auth

Authentication patterns that integrate with Supabase RLS for secure data access.

npx skills add better-auth/skills/better-auth-best-practices

MCP Servers

Supabase MCP

Live database access — run SQL, inspect schemas, create tables, manage migrations.

GitHub MCP

Version control for database migrations — commit schema changes and create PRs.

Setup

Add the Supabase PostgreSQL best practices skill.

npx skills add supabase/agent-skills/supabase-postgres-best-practices

Add Supabase and GitHub MCP servers.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "supabase": { "url": "https://mcp.supabase.com" },
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"],
      "env": { "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<your-token>" }
    }
  }
}

Use Cases

Database schema design and optimization
Row Level Security policy implementation
Migration management
Auth-integrated data access patterns

SupabasePostgreSQLdatabasebackendRLSmigrationsauth

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