database-skills

Plan and review MySQL/InnoDB schema, indexing, query tuning, transactions, and operations. Use when creating or modifying MySQL tables, indexes, or queries; diagnosing slow/locking behavior; planning migrations; or troubleshooting replication and connection issues. Load when using a MySQL database.

PostgreSQL best practices, query optimization, connection troubleshooting, and performance improvement. Load when working with Postgres databases.

Guidance for Neki, PlanetScale's distributed (sharded) Postgres. Load when working with a Neki database — connecting, data topology and shard keys, query routing and fanout, cross-shard transactions, schema changes, resharding and migration, NK013 errors — or when scaling and sharding Postgres.

Vitess best practices, query optimization, and connection troubleshooting for PlanetScale Vitess databases. Load when working with Vitess databases, sharding, VSchema configuration, keyspace management, or MySQL scaling issues.