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Access Method APIs

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Implement or modify a PostgreSQL pluggable index AM or table AM — covers IndexAmRoutine callbacks (ambuild, aminsert, amgettuple, amgetbitmap, ambulkdelete, amvacuumcleanup, amparallelrescan), TableAmRoutine callbacks (scanbegin, scangetnextslot, tupleinsert, tupleinsertspeculative, slotcallbacks, indexfetch), opclass / strategy numbers / support functions, TID semantics for non-heap stores, genam.c and tableam.h wrappers, plus CREATE ACCESS METHOD + pgam / pgopclass / pgamproc / pgamop catalog registration. Use whenever a PG patch implements or modifies an index AM (btree variant, hash, gin, gist, spgist, brin, custom) or a table AM (heap, columnar, in-memory, custom store), or designs TID semantics for a non-heap storage. Skip user-facing "which index type should I use" / "should this be a btree or hash index" advice, EXPLAIN tuning questions, GIN / GIST / btree CONCURRENTLY operational guidance, application-side ORM index hints, and non-PG storage engines (MySQL InnoDB / MyRocks, RocksDB, LevelDB).

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Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI

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Implement or modify a PostgreSQL pluggable index AM or table AM — covers IndexAmRoutine callbacks (ambuild, aminsert, amgettuple, amgetbitmap, ambulkdelete, amvacuumcleanup, amparallelrescan), TableAmRoutine callbacks (scanbegin, scangetnextslot, tupleinsert, tupleinsertspeculative, slotcallbacks, indexfetch), opclass / strategy numbers / support functions, TID semantics for non-heap stores, genam.c and tableam.h wrappers, plus CREATE ACCESS METHOD + pgam / pgopclass / pgamproc / pgamop catalog registration. Use whenever a PG patch implements or modifies an index AM (btree variant, hash, gin, gist, spgist, brin, custom) or a table AM (heap, columnar, in-memory, custom store), or designs TID semantics for a non-heap storage. Skip user-facing "which index type should I use" / "should this be a btree or hash index" advice, EXPLAIN tuning questions, GIN / GIST / btree CONCURRENTLY operational guidance, application-side ORM index hints, and non-PG storage engines (MySQL InnoDB / MyRocks, RocksDB, LevelDB).

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Category
Developer tools
Reported license
PostgreSQL
Listing language (estimated)
English
Review status
Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.