How to Install Neon MCP in OpenAI Agents SDK

Official Neon integration — serverless Postgres with branching, instant provisioning, and AI-native queries

What Neon MCP does

The official Neon MCP server provides AI agents with full access to Neon's serverless PostgreSQL platform — including Neon's unique database branching feature that lets you create isolated database copies for testing. Features: - Execute SQL queries on your Neon databases - Create and manage database branches (isolated copies for testing) - Provision new projects and databases instantly - Manage connection strings and access controls - Monitor compute usage and auto-suspend settings - Inspect table schemas and relationships - Run migrations and schema changes safely - Scale compute resources on demand What makes Neon unique for AI workflows: Database branching lets your AI create an isolated copy of your production database, test destructive operations safely, then merge or discard. This makes AI-driven schema migrations dramatically safer. Serverless architecture means zero idle costs — perfect for AI agent workflows that run intermittently.

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Installation steps

1Install: pip install openai-agents
2Copy the snippet below into your agent code
3Replace placeholder env values with your real keys
4Pass mcp_servers=[mcp_server] to your Agent()

Python snippet

Python snippetpython

from agents import Agent
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStdio

mcp_server = MCPServerStdio(
    command="npx",
    args=["-y", "@neondatabase/mcp-server-neon"],
    env={
        "NEON_API_KEY": "your_neon_api_key",
    },
)

agent = Agent(
    name="My Agent",
    model="gpt-4o",
    mcp_servers=[mcp_server],
)

Full server details GitHub Open Config Editor

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