Neon MCP Server Setup Guide

# Neon MCP Server Setup Guide
 

 ## Requirements
 

 - Node.js >= v18.0.0
 - Claude Desktop
 - Neon API key (Generate through the Neon console)
 

 ## Installation
 

 ### Installing via Smithery
 

 To install Neon MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery, run the following command:
 

 ```bash
 npx -y @smithery/cli install neon --client claude
 
Local Usage


Initialize the Neon MCP Server with your Neon API key:
npx @neondatabase/mcp-server-neon init $NEON_API_KEY
 


Restart Claude Desktop.


Test the setup by running a simple command such as:
List me all my Neon projects
 

Development
Development with MCP CLI Client


Install dependencies:
npm install
 


Build the project:
npm run build
 


Start the watch process (you can keep this open):
npm run watch
 


Start the MCP Server with your Neon API key:
cd mcp-client/ && NEON_API_KEY=... npm run start:mcp-server-neon
 

Development with Claude Desktop


Install dependencies:
npm install
 


Build the project:
npm run build
 


Start the watch process (you can keep this open):
npm run watch
 


Initialize the server with your Neon API key:
node dist/index.js init $NEON_API_KEY
 


Restart Claude each time you want to test changes.

Testing


Set up the .env file according to the .env.example file.


Run the tests:
npm run test