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format

Prisma CLI v7

Format and validate your Prisma schema file with consistent structure

The prisma format command formats your Prisma schema file. It validates, formats, and persists the schema.

Usage

prisma format [options]

Options

OptionDescription
-h, --helpDisplay help message
--configCustom path to your Prisma config file
--schemaCustom path to your Prisma schema

Examples

Format the default schema

bunx prisma format

Output on success:

Environment variables loaded from .env
Prisma schema loaded from prisma/schema.prisma
Formatted prisma/schema.prisma in 116ms

Format a specific schema

bunx prisma format --schema=./alternative/schema.prisma

Error output

If the schema has validation errors, formatting will fail:

Environment variables loaded from .env
Prisma schema loaded from prisma/schema.prisma
Error: Schema validation error - Error (query-engine-node-api library)
Error code: P1012
error: The preview feature "unknownFeatureFlag" is not known. Expected one of: [...]
  schema.prisma:3
   |
 2 |     provider        = "prisma-client"
 3 |     previewFeatures = ["unknownFeatureFlag"]
   |

Validation Error Count: 1

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