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

Option	Description
`-h`, `--help`	Display help message
`--config`	Custom path to your Prisma config file
`--schema`	Custom path to your Prisma schema

Examples

Format the default schema

npm

pnpm

yarn

bun

npx 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

npm

pnpm

yarn

bun

npx 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