--- title: Looking at How Replit Agent Handles Databases | daily.dev description: Replit Agent provisions Neon PostgreSQL databases and uses Alembic with SQLAlchemy to handle database migrations automatically. A walkthrough of building a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/looking-at-how-replit-agent-handles-databases-rmgpms2uu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Looking at How Replit Agent Handles Databases | daily.dev og:description: Replit Agent provisions Neon PostgreSQL databases and uses Alembic with SQLAlchemy to handle database migrations automatically. A walkthrough of building a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/looking-at-how-replit-agent-handles-databases-rmgpms2uu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rmGpms2UU.png og:image:alt: Looking at How Replit Agent Handles Databases og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Looking at How Replit Agent Handles Databases **[Neon](https://daily.dev/sources/neontech)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Replit Agent provisions Neon PostgreSQL databases and uses Alembic with SQLAlchemy to handle database migrations automatically. A walkthrough of building a TODO app demonstrates how the agent generates migration scripts when schema changes are requested via natural language, covering adding new columns (due_date, priority), applying migrations, and rolling back schema changes. 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