# init (/docs/cli/init)

Prepare a repository for Prisma development.

Location: CLI > init

`init` prepares the current directory for Prisma development. It runs locally and calls no platform API. It does not scaffold the ORM: use [`orm init`](/guides/orm-orm-init) to add the Prisma ORM config, contract, and runtime files to a project.

`init` does three things:

1. Adds a `postinstall` script to `package.json` (`prisma skills sync || exit 0`), so the [Prisma agent skills](/guides/utility-skills) resync on every install and upgrade.
2. Scaffolds a `prisma.config.ts` recording which agents to install skills for, in the [`skills` config section](/guides/introduction-6-configuration#agent-skills).
3. Runs [`skills sync`](/guides/utility-skills) once.

It never prompts, always exits 0, and is safe to rerun: each step reports what is already done. A `prisma.config.ts` or `postinstall` script that already exists is never edited. If `package.json` already has a different `postinstall` script, `init` reports it and tells you what to append instead of chaining or replacing it.

## Usage

#### bun

```bash
bunx --bun prisma@latest init
```

#### pnpm

```bash
pnpm dlx prisma@latest init
```

#### yarn

```bash
yarn dlx prisma@latest init
```

#### npm

```bash
npx prisma@latest init
```

## Options

| Option                             | What it does                                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `--skills <agents>`                | Agents to install skills for, comma-separated: `claude`, `cursor`, `agents`, `devin`. Pass `none` to record that no agent skills are wanted. Default: all of them. |
| `--postinstall`/`--no-postinstall` | Add the skills-sync `postinstall` hook. `--no-postinstall` skips that step.                                                                                        |

## Examples

#### bun

```bash
bunx --bun prisma@latest init
bunx --bun prisma@latest init --skills=claude,cursor
bunx --bun prisma@latest init --skills=none
bunx --bun prisma@latest init --no-postinstall
```

#### pnpm

```bash
pnpm dlx prisma@latest init
pnpm dlx prisma@latest init --skills=claude,cursor
pnpm dlx prisma@latest init --skills=none
pnpm dlx prisma@latest init --no-postinstall
```

#### yarn

```bash
yarn dlx prisma@latest init
yarn dlx prisma@latest init --skills=claude,cursor
yarn dlx prisma@latest init --skills=none
yarn dlx prisma@latest init --no-postinstall
```

#### npm

```bash
npx prisma@latest init
npx prisma@latest init --skills=claude,cursor
npx prisma@latest init --skills=none
npx prisma@latest init --no-postinstall
```

## The scaffolded config

`init` writes a minimal `prisma.config.ts` when none exists:

```typescript title="prisma.config.ts"
import { definePrismaConfig } from "prisma/config";

export default definePrismaConfig({
  skills: {
    agents: ["claude", "cursor", "agents", "devin"],
  },
});
```

The `prisma/config` import resolves from your project's `node_modules`, so add `prisma` as a dev dependency before running other commands against this file. See [Configuration](/guides/introduction-6-configuration).

Only `init` writes the `postinstall` hook. No other command edits `package.json`; [`skills sync`](/guides/utility-skills) itself never touches it.

## Related pages

- [`auth`](/guides/platform-auth): Sign in to your Prisma account from the CLI, sign out, and manage workspace sessions.
- [`branch`](/guides/platform-branch): List platform branches for a project.
- [`bucket`](/guides/platform-bucket): Create and manage object-store buckets.
- [`Configuration`](/guides/introduction-6-configuration): Configure Prisma ORM CLI commands with prisma.config.ts and global flags.
- [`contract emit`](/guides/orm-contract-emit): Emit Prisma ORM contract artifacts.

## Related pages

- [Authentication & Tools](./authentication-tools-index.md)
- [Build](./build-index.md)
- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Concepts](./concepts-index.md)
- [Console commands](./console-commands-index.md)
- [Contract Authoring](./contract-authoring-index.md)
- [Core Concepts](./core-concepts-index.md)
- [Data Modeling](./data-modeling-index.md)
- [Database](./database-index.md)
- [DB commands](./db-commands-index.md)

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