Description
Turso Cloud — fully managed SQLite-compatible database platform, accessed over the network. Use when connecting an application to a Turso Cloud database, creating or scoping auth tokens (JWT, fine-grained permissions, JWKS/external auth providers), or provisioning and managing cloud databases. Covers per-language SDKs (JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust), authentication & authorization, and marketplace integrations (Vercel).
SKILL.md
Turso Cloud Skills
This skill combines documentation for working with Turso Cloud, the fully managed SQLite-compatible database platform. Pick the relevant sub-skill below.
turso-cloud-js
Work with the @tursodatabase/serverless TypeScript/JavaScript SDK for remote Turso Cloud databases — queries, positional/named parameters, batches, and interactive transactions — plus the local-first sync family (@tursodatabase/sync, -wasm, -react-native). Use when connecting to Turso Cloud from Node.js, serverless/edge functions, browsers, or React Native.
turso-cloud-py
Work with Turso Cloud from Python: pyturso for local-first databases that sync with the cloud, and libsql for remote-only access over the libsql protocol. Use when connecting Python applications to Turso Cloud.
turso-cloud-go
Work with Turso Cloud from Go: tursogo for local-first databases that sync with the cloud, and libsql-client-go for remote-only access over the libsql protocol. Use when connecting Go applications to Turso Cloud.
turso-cloud-rust
Work with Turso Cloud from Rust: the turso crate (sync feature) for local-first databases that sync with the cloud, and the libsql crate for remote-only access over the libsql protocol. Use when connecting Rust applications to Turso Cloud.
turso-cloud-auth
Authenticate and authorize access to Turso Cloud databases: database URLs, platform tokens via the Turso CLI, scoping (group/database/read-only/time-limited), fine-grained per-table permissions, external auth providers via JWKS (Clerk, Auth0), and token invalidation. Use when issuing credentials, restricting what a client can do, or wiring an existing auth provider to Turso.
turso-cloud-vercel
Use and manage Turso Cloud databases provisioned through the Vercel Marketplace (integration slug tursocloud): injected environment variables, inspecting and provisioning resources with the Vercel CLI, region selection, and safety rules for credentials and destructive operations. Use when a Vercel project has — or needs — a Turso database.
Turso Cloud features
Turso Cloud databases support these features out of the box:
- Vector search — native similarity search for AI/RAG workflows, no extensions needed. Supports cosine, L2, and L1 distance functions with DiskANN indexing.
- Full-text search — keyword search with BM25 ranking via built-in FTS support.
- AI & embeddings — native vector types for storing and querying embeddings.
- Branching — create isolated copy-on-write database branches for testing/staging.
- Point-in-time recovery — restore databases to any previous point in time (retention depends on plan).
- Embedded replicas — local replicas that sync with Turso Cloud for fast reads and offline support.
- SQLite extensions — JSON, FTS5, R*Tree, SQLean, UUID, regexp.
Further reading
Turso online docs — https://docs.turso.tech (Mintlify — append .md to any URL path for raw markdown, e.g. https://docs.turso.tech/sdk/ts/quickstart.md). Each sub-skill carries its own docs links; general references:
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| AI & embeddings | https://docs.turso.tech/features/ai-and-embeddings.md |
| Embedded replicas | https://docs.turso.tech/features/embedded-replicas/introduction.md |
| Cloud limitations | https://docs.turso.tech/cloud/limitations.md |
| SQLite extensions | https://docs.turso.tech/features/sqlite-extensions.md |
| Full docs index (for LLMs) | https://docs.turso.tech/llms.txt |