Overview

The Prisma command line interface (CLI) is the primary tool to manage your database services with Prisma.

Generally, the configuration of a Prisma service is handled using the CLI and the service definition file prisma.yml.

A central part of configuring a Prisma service is deploying a data model.

Getting Started

You can download the Prisma CLI from npm:

npm install -g prisma

To initialize a new service, use the init command. Then follow the interactive prompt to bootstrap the service based on a template of your choice:

prisma init

In the following sections you'll learn more about configuring Prisma services using the CLI.