create-prisma

Scaffold a new app with Prisma already wired up.

create-prisma gives you a project template, Prisma setup, database scripts, and a working starting point without making you assemble everything by hand.

What It Does

• creates a new app from a supported template
• adds Prisma 7 dependencies for your database
• scaffolds prisma/schema.prisma, prisma/seed.ts, and prisma.config.ts
• writes a Prisma client singleton in the right place for the selected template
• adds db:generate, db:migrate, and db:seed scripts
• creates or updates .env with DATABASE_URL
• can install dependencies and run prisma generate for you

Quick Start

Use the package runner you already have:

npx create-prisma@latest

pnpm dlx create-prisma@latest

yarn dlx create-prisma@latest

bunx create-prisma@latest

deno run -A npm:create-prisma@latest

If you already have it available locally:

create-prisma

Common Examples

Create a project interactively:

create-prisma

Create a Hono app non-interactively:

create-prisma --name my-api --template hono --provider postgresql

Scaffold into the current directory:

create-prisma --name . --template hono --provider postgresql

Create a monorepo with a shared Prisma package:

create-prisma --name my-monorepo --template turborepo --provider postgresql

Use Prisma Postgres auto-provisioning:

create-prisma --name my-app --template nest --provider postgresql --prisma-postgres

Supported Templates

• hono
• elysia
• nest
• next
• svelte
• astro
• nuxt
• tanstack-start
• turborepo

Supported Databases

• postgresql
• mysql
• sqlite
• sqlserver
• cockroachdb

Supported Package Managers

• npm
• pnpm
• yarn
• bun
• deno

Useful Flags

• --name project name or relative path
• --template choose the template
• --provider choose the database provider
• --package-manager choose the package manager/runtime
• --schema-preset empty|basic
• --yes accept defaults and skip prompts
• --no-install scaffold only
• --no-generate skip prisma generate
• --prisma-postgres provision Prisma Postgres for PostgreSQL
• --skills --mcp --extension enable optional add-ons
• --force allow scaffolding into a non-empty directory
• --verbose print full command output

Add-ons

create-prisma can also help with a few optional extras:

• Prisma skills for coding agents
• Prisma MCP setup
• Prisma IDE extension install

These can be selected interactively or enabled with flags.

Local Development

bun install
bun run check
bun run build
bun run start

Useful repo scripts:

• bun run dev
• bun run typecheck
• bun run format
• bun run lint
• bun run bump

Telemetry

Published builds may send anonymous usage telemetry to help improve the CLI. It does not include project names, file paths, or database URLs.

Disable it with any of:

• DO_NOT_TRACK
• CREATE_PRISMA_DISABLE_TELEMETRY
• CREATE_PRISMA_TELEMETRY_DISABLED