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Ghost Database

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Ghost Database is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by timescale in pg-aiguide.

1.8K stars104 forkson timescale/pg-aiguideAdded 2026/08/18Repository updated 2026/06/26
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Install Ghost Database
Copy Ghost Database into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/timescale/pg-aiguide/tree/main/skills/ghost-database ~/.claude/skills/ghost-database

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/timescale/pg-aiguide.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
skills/ghost-database/SKILL.md in timescale/pg-aiguide
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/ghost-database
Collection
One of 10 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
DevOps — 798 skills

What Ghost Database does

Ghost Database creates and manages PostgreSQL databases for agent workflows, with on-demand creation, instant forks for safe testing, and shareable snapshots. Use it when an agent needs persistent storage or wants to pass databases as assets between workflows.

Ghost Database is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. Ghost Database comes from a repository tagged ai, ai-agents, ai-coding, claude-code-plugin and claude-code-plugins.

Documentation

README

Ghost Database Management

Ghost is a managed PostgreSQL service designed for agents. Your account is organized into Spaces, each with unlimited on-demand databases and forks sharing a pool of compute hours (billed in 15-minute chunks when queries are executed). Free tier: 100 hours/month, 1TB storage.

When you need continuous operation, promote any database to a dedicated instance — a separately billed, always-on database.

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Ghost Database

  • What else does timescale publish alongside Ghost Database?

    Ghost Database is one of 10 skills that DirSkills catalogs from timescale/pg-aiguide, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Find Hypertable Candidates, PGVector Semantic Search and PostGIS Spatial Table Design. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Ghost Database does, and is maintained by timescale in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the timescale/pg-aiguide page.

  • How does Ghost Database compare to other DevOps skills?

    Ghost Database ranks #288 by stars among the 798 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Ghost Database against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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