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 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 resync on every install and upgrade.
2. Scaffolds a prisma.config.ts recording which agents to install skills for, in the skills config section.
3. Runs skills sync 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.

bunx --bun prisma@latest init

pnpm dlx prisma@latest init

yarn dlx prisma@latest init

npx prisma@latest init

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 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 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

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

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

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.

Only init writes the postinstall hook. No other command edits package.json; skills sync itself never touches it.