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Neon uses a bring-your-own-cloud (BYOC) model where Ardent instruments your existing Neon project to manage branching.
Neon already supports copy-on-write branching natively. Ardent layers on top of this to give you a CLI-first workflow, auto-suspend, and team management.
1

Get your Neon API key

In the Neon console, go to Account Settings > API Keys and create an API key.
2

Get your project ID

Go to Project Settings in your Neon console and copy the project ID.
3

Connect your database

ardent connector create postgresql --byoc neon --api-key <your-neon-api-key> --project-id <your-neon-project-id>
Ardent will verify your setup and instrument your Neon project.
4

Create your first branch

ardent branch create my-feature
Done. You now have an isolated copy of your Neon database — schema, data, and all. The CLI returns a connection URL you can use anywhere.