Environment variables
The environment variables the Prisma CLI reads, what each one does, and the release that added it.
The prisma command reads these environment variables. Set them in your shell profile or in your CI configuration. For one command, put the variable in front of it, as in this contract emit run:
PRISMA_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1 npx prisma contract emitIn PowerShell, set it for the session:
$env:PRISMA_DISABLE_TELEMETRY = "1"
npx prisma contract emitThe CLI does not read .env files or DATABASE_URL itself. Your prisma.config.ts does that, and the one orm init writes already loads .env; see Configuration.
prisma-next preview commandThe prisma command ignores every PRISMA_NEXT_* variable, including PRISMA_NEXT_DISABLE_TELEMETRY. Drop the NEXT_ part in shell profiles and CI: PRISMA_NEXT_DISABLE_TELEMETRY becomes PRISMA_DISABLE_TELEMETRY.
Your prisma-next telemetry opt-out does not carry over either, so the one-time telemetry notice prints again. Run prisma telemetry disable to opt out. The prisma command stores that choice in ~/.config/prisma/config.json (Windows: %APPDATA%\prisma\config.json).
"Since" is the first prisma release that reads the variable.
| Variable | What it does | Since |
|---|---|---|
PRISMA_DISABLE_TELEMETRY | Set to 1 to turn off anonymous CLI telemetry. Empty, 0, and false leave it on. | 8.0.0-rc.1 |
DO_NOT_TRACK | Set to 1 to turn off telemetry. Other values do nothing. | 8.0.0-rc.1 |
PRISMA_DEBUG | Set to 1 to print the CLI's debug output to stderr. | 8.0.0-rc.1 |
PRISMA_SKILLS_CHECK | Set to 0 to silence the notice that your project's agent skills are out of date. | 8.0.0-rc.9 |
PRISMA_SERVICE_TOKEN | A service token for a Prisma Platform workspace, created in the Prisma Console. Only the Platform commands such as auth, project, and deploy use it, in place of a browser login, even if you are also logged in. | 8.0.0-rc.1 |
PRISMA_WORKSPACE_ID | The ID of the workspace the service token belongs to, from the workspace's settings in the Prisma Console. Set it alongside the token. | 8.0.0-rc.1 |
NO_COLOR | Set to any value to turn off colored output. The --color and --no-color flags override it. | 8.0.0-rc.1 |
CI | Set to any value except false to mark the run as CI: no telemetry, no skills notice, and no interactive prompts. CI=false forces the non-CI behavior even when a CI system set it. | 8.0.0-rc.1 |
Agent skills are files in your project, in .claude/skills and similar folders, that teach AI coding agents about Prisma. Silencing the notice does not update them; prisma skills sync does.
You rarely need to set CI yourself: the CLI also detects the variables that CI providers such as GitHub Actions and GitLab CI set.