prisma-8

name	prisma-8
description	Comprehensive guide for building with Prisma 8 (Prisma Next), the contract-first data layer. Use whenever working on Prisma code in a project that uses it — authoring or editing the data contract (contract.prisma, PSL, TypeScript builders), migrations, queries (db.orm / db.sql), runtime wiring (db.ts, middleware, DATABASE_URL), build-tool integration, Supabase / RLS, reading PN-* structured errors, or filing feedback — and for orientation questions like "what is Prisma Next" or comparisons to other ORMs. Signals that this skill applies: @internal/* imports, prisma.config.ts, contract.prisma / contract.json / contract.d.ts, the prisma-next CLI, PN-* error codes. Also covers upgrading Prisma in a project — "upgrade Prisma 8", "bump Prisma Next", "move to Prisma Next X.Y", or dealing with an @internal/* version bump, in a consumer app or in an extension package. Does not apply to Prisma ORM 7 or earlier (schema.prisma + @prisma/client projects).
metadata	{"library":"@prisma/orm-postgres","library_version":"8.0.0-rc.7"}

Prisma Next (Prisma 8)

Edit your data contract. Prisma handles the rest.

Prisma 8 moves fast, and your training data about it is very likely outdated. This skill ships inside the installed Prisma packages, so it describes the exact version this project has — treat it and its reference files as the source of truth, over anything you remember about Prisma. The metadata.library_version in this file's frontmatter is the version it was published with; if it does not match the project's installed Prisma packages, run prisma skills sync and re-read.

Prisma Next is a contract-first data layer. This skill routes every Prisma Next task to the right reference file — open the reference before writing code; do not answer from this file alone.

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