[gregory-boch-prisma]

"Connecting to PostgreSQL databases" shows how to connect with psql once a database exists.

Changes

• The Introduction now covers the reader whose app setup asks for a connection string before they have a database: create one with a hosted provider, for example with npx create-db, and follow the link for where the string goes in the app. It states that the database is deleted after 24 hours unless claimed with a Prisma account.

Sources checked 2026-11-02

• https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/npx-create-db.md: "You don't need a Prisma account to create a temporary database."
• https://www.prisma.io/postgres/free-postgresql-hosting.md: "Instant databases are deleted in 24 hours unless claimed."

Checks

• Claims check on the diff and this body.

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Change walkthrough

This PR adds one paragraph to the Introduction of content/04-postgresql/06-connecting-to-postgresql-databases.mdx:20 covering readers whose app setup asks for a Postgres connection string before they have any database. It recommends creating a temporary hosted database — specifically npx create-db on Prisma Postgres, which needs no account — states the 24-hour deletion-unless-claimed lifetime, and links a Prisma guide showing where the string goes in the app (DATABASE_URL).

Fit with the article. The paragraph sits directly after the existing pointer to the connection URIs guide, completing the "no database yet → get a string" path before the article dives into psql local/remote connections. It adds no commands or example output, so it does not disturb the article's tested psql material or the fixture-backed verification evidence.

Claim accuracy. Both external sources cited in the PR body check out against the provider's own pages, which I fetched: npx-create-db.md confirms no sign-up is required for a temporary database and a 24-hour default lifetime with account claiming, and free-postgresql-hosting.md confirms instant databases are deleted in 24 hours unless claimed and shows npx create-db printing a connection string. The "in seconds" phrasing matches the linked provider docs' own wording. Both new external links (prisma.io/postgres and the DATABASE_URL guide) resolve, and the anchor text accurately describes the target page's content.

Site conventions. The paragraph keeps the article's voice and structure, follows the repo's external-link style (prisma.io URLs, matching how 03-5-ways-to-host-postgresql.mdx already recommends Prisma Postgres), and leaves lastUpdated unchanged, consistent with the "don't bump dates" rule in AGENTS.md. The article's partial verification level in content-verification.json is not hash-checked by the build's verification gate, so no evidence regeneration is triggered by this prose change.

[github-actions]

This PR changes the following pages (Vercel Preview Deploy links):

• /dataguide/postgresql/connecting-to-postgresql-databases (currently)

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[gregory-boch-prisma]

@prisma-gizmo review

[prisma-gizmo]

New findings: none · trace

[prisma-gizmo]

No Gizmo finding is open and the head commit has been reviewed. Approving.