Clone production

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Production-ready Next.js + Postgres starter with 6 Claude Code skills. Zero-downtime migrations, instant DB branches, PII-safe prod clones. MIT licensed.

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npx -y skills add xataio/nextjs-claude-code-starter --skill clone-production

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Clone a production database with automatic PII anonymization

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Clone production database

Clone a production database with automatic PII anonymization.

Usage

# Configure anonymization rules
xata clone config --source-url <production-connection-string>

# Run the clone
xata clone start --source-url <production-connection-string>

Example workflow

# 1. Set up your production connection string
export PROD_URL="postgres://user:pass@prod-host:5432/mydb"

# 2. Configure what gets anonymized (interactive)
xata clone config --source-url $PROD_URL --mode=prompt

# 3. Run the clone
xata clone start --source-url $PROD_URL

# 4. Connect to your anonymized copy
psql $(xata branch url)

Auto-detected PII columns

Xata automatically detects and anonymizes columns named:

email → fake emails
name, first_name, last_name → fake names
phone → fake phone numbers
ssn → masked SSN
address → fake addresses
And more...

Custom transforms

Edit .xata/clone.yaml to customize:

tables:
  users:
    columns:
      email:
        transform: email
      custom_field:
        transform: redact

Available transforms

email — Generate fake email
name — Generate fake name
phone — Generate fake phone
address — Generate fake address
redact — Replace with [REDACTED]
hash — One-way hash (preserves uniqueness)
null — Set to NULL

Why this matters for AI apps

Debug with real data distributions
Test edge cases only production reveals
Maintain referential integrity across tables
Stay compliant with privacy regulations

Tips

Use a read-replica connection string if available
Avoid pooler/pgbouncer endpoints (clone uses long transactions)
Review .xata/clone.yaml before running in CI/CD