Neo4j Getting Started Skill

Takes you from nothing to a working Neo4j app in eight sequenced stages: prerequisites, context gathering, database provisioning (including Aura), data modeling, loading synthetic or real data, exploration, query building, and final app assembly. Writes everything to disk in a standardized project structure so you can rerun scripts and inspect outputs after the session ends. Maintains a progress.md file that lets you resume mid-pipeline if something breaks. Built for both autonomous runs (15 minutes) and human-in-the-loop workflows (90 minutes). If you already have a database and just need to write Cypher or do admin tasks, this isn't for you. It's specifically for bootstrapping new projects from zero.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add neo4j-contrib/neo4j-skills --skill neo4j-getting-started-skill --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Neo4j Getting-Started Skill

Guide a user or agent from zero to a working Neo4j application by executing the 8 stages below in order.

At the start of each stage: read the corresponding ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/<stage-name>.md file and follow its instructions. Only load the stage you are currently executing — not all at once.

"User" means both a human developer and an autonomous coding agent.

When to Use

New Neo4j project from scratch (local/Docker/Aura)
Full onboarding: zero → DB → model → load → app
Generating synthetic data for demos or dev

When NOT to Use

Cypher authoring on existing project → neo4j-cypher-skill
Driver upgrades / Cypher migration → neo4j-migration-skill
Admin on existing DB (backup, restore, import) → neo4j-cli-tools-skill

Project Structure

All generated code, data, scripts, queries, and notebooks must be written to the working directory so the user can inspect, reuse, and re-run them after the session ends. Never generate output only as text in the conversation — always write it to a file.

Organize files into this layout. Create subdirectories before writing files.

SKILL.md on GitHub