docs: add Prisma 7 to Prisma 8 PostgreSQL migration guide - #8152
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Procedural guide for migrating a Prisma 7 PostgreSQL app to Prisma 8 incrementally, with both versions running side by side: isolate Prisma 7 behind @prisma/prisma7, add prisma@next alongside it, migrate one route at a time, transfer migration ownership via baseline plan + db sign + db ref, then remove Prisma 7. Every command validated end-to-end twice in a sandbox app (Hono + Prisma Postgres via create-db): once while authoring and once replaying the finished guide from the Prisma 7 checkpoint on a fresh database. Validated against prisma@8.0.0-rc.6, @prisma/orm-postgres@8.0.0-rc.4, @prisma/cli-engine@0.2.0, @prisma/prisma7@7.10.0-dev.58. Follows the side-by-side approach of prisma/prisma8-and-7-example (step-0..step-3), with two reproduced deviations: contract infer on rc.6 omits @@Map (the guide adds it, otherwise Prisma 8 queries public.user instead of "User") and includes Prisma 7's _prisma_migrations ledger as a PrismaMigrations model (the guide deletes it). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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323-340: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd a note about doubled database connections during the dual-run phase.
This step creates two independent clients, so the application maintains two connection pools against one database. Line 404 states that teams can stay in this state for a long time. If the database enforces a low connection limit, for example a managed PostgreSQL instance or PgBouncer, the dual-run phase can exhaust connections.
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connection_limiton the Prisma 7 adapter connection string and the equivalent option for the Prisma 8 client.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@apps/docs/content/docs/guides/v8/upgrade-prisma-orm/postgresql.mdx`:
- Around line 323-340: Add a sentence to the dual-client explanation noting that
Prisma 7 and Prisma 8 maintain separate connection pools, so readers should size
both pools for the database limit using Prisma 7’s adapter connection-string
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Restructure into outcome-oriented phases, add an incremental-migration overview with an explicit ownership timeline, explain the migration mental model (contract hash, migration, marker, ref) before the ownership handoff, frame that handoff as a decision point, and replace command-paraphrasing paragraphs with Check / Expected result notes. Task-oriented title. All commands, code, versions, and warnings unchanged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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218-221: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winPin the validated Prisma 8 package set.
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prisma@8.0.0-rc.6and@prisma/orm-postgres@8.0.0-rc.4instead of mutable ranges. The guide states that these exact versions were validated, but the current commands can install later versions with incompatible CLI or runtime behavior.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Around line 218-221: Update the Prisma installation commands in the upgrade
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…urrent implementation (#8151) * docs: align Compute, Composer, Prisma 8, and Postgres docs with the current implementation Validated against prisma-cli 8.0.0-rc.4, @prisma/composer 0.7.0, and @prisma/orm-postgres 8.0.0-rc.2, with the ORM quickstart, Composer dev/deploy/destroy, and a Compute app deploy run end to end. - Rewrite the Composer landing page: technical framing, a terminology section, and two ConceptAnimation flow scenes (app graph and declaration-to-runtime) in place of slogan prose. - Reconcile the two CLI generations: the unified @next CLI has no deploy verb (git push / Console / Composer); the @latest beta still ships the one-shot app deploy the homepage flows use. State this once per section instead of contradicting across pages. - Fix stale facts: rc.4 command groups and PRISMA_PROJECT_ID / PRISMA_SERVICE_ID in limitations and the CLI reference, postgres usage in pricing, effect pin 4.0.0-beta.103 for Composer 0.7.0, Node 22.18 floors. - Normalize service vs app terminology across Compute pages; explain the app/apps config keys once in configuration.mdx. - Make Prisma Postgres database-first, resolve its contradictory ORM recommendations, and add cross-product next steps (orm/v8 -> Compute, Composer stage = Compute preview branch, data- vs service-contract note in Composer databases). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs: standardize on prisma@next, complete the CLI reference, fix E2E-found gaps Standardize every Prisma 8 RC page on `npx prisma@next` and drop the repeated CLI-history callouts. Audit the Compute, Composer, and Prisma 8 CLI references against the real rc.4 help output: add the missing service logs, telemetry, feedback, auth workspace, postgres backup/connection, and bucket key commands, fix flag shapes, and list the platform command groups from the Prisma 8 CLI page. Correct the CLI config-file docs: the unified CLI reads a sectioned prisma.config.ts (defineConfig from @prisma/cli-engine wrapping an orm section), not prisma-next.config.ts. Fixes driven by a fresh E2E run (Composer quote app with a Prisma 8-typed Postgres, deployed to Compute and torn down): composer deploy works with the stored auth login session (service token is the CI path), "type": "module" is required in Composer projects, stale local dev emulators need --fresh, orm init scaffold facts, and a known-issue callout for the current create-prisma@next scaffold bugs. Restructure the Prisma 8 overview (mental model first, blog series compressed) and the Prisma Postgres overview (create → connect → query as the primary journey). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs: move platform CLI commands into the v8 CLI section as dedicated pages Each platform command group (auth, init, project, service, build, git, branch, postgres, bucket, agent, telemetry, feedback) now has its own page under /cli/v8; composer stays a sidebar link to its own reference. Platform env vars and the JSON envelope move to CLI configuration. /compute/cli-reference becomes a pointer page that keeps its URL, and inbound links across compute and postgres docs are retargeted. * docs: address CodeRabbit review findings with CLI-verified fixes - mongodb upgrade guide: add the missing 'contract emit' before 'migration plan' (verified live: without emit, plan silently uses the stale contract) - migration pages: show the CLI's real next-step hints (rc prints 'prisma-cli ...', not 'prisma-next ...') and note the bin-name quirk once per page - migration + studio pages: npm fences for plain npx commands so package-manager tabs render, matching the cli/v8 convention - cli/v8/configuration: document the verified --json NDJSON shape (envelope.error.*, envelope.nextActions) - compute/index + branching: scope the preview-isolation claim to Compute resources; data isolation depends on the preview DATABASE_URL - composer/getting-started: copyable effect-override manifests for npm and pnpm - cli/v8/auth: Afterwards -> Afterward Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs: add Prisma 7 to Prisma 8 PostgreSQL migration guide (#8152) * docs: add Prisma 7 to Prisma 8 PostgreSQL migration guide Procedural guide for migrating a Prisma 7 PostgreSQL app to Prisma 8 incrementally, with both versions running side by side: isolate Prisma 7 behind @prisma/prisma7, add prisma@next alongside it, migrate one route at a time, transfer migration ownership via baseline plan + db sign + db ref, then remove Prisma 7. Every command validated end-to-end twice in a sandbox app (Hono + Prisma Postgres via create-db): once while authoring and once replaying the finished guide from the Prisma 7 checkpoint on a fresh database. Validated against prisma@8.0.0-rc.6, @prisma/orm-postgres@8.0.0-rc.4, @prisma/cli-engine@0.2.0, @prisma/prisma7@7.10.0-dev.58. Follows the side-by-side approach of prisma/prisma8-and-7-example (step-0..step-3), with two reproduced deviations: contract infer on rc.6 omits @@Map (the guide adds it, otherwise Prisma 8 queries public.user instead of "User") and includes Prisma 7's _prisma_migrations ledger as a PrismaMigrations model (the guide deletes it). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs: editorial rewrite of the Prisma 7 to 8 PostgreSQL guide Restructure into outcome-oriented phases, add an incremental-migration overview with an explicit ownership timeline, explain the migration mental model (contract hash, migration, marker, ref) before the ownership handoff, frame that handoff as a decision point, and replace command-paraphrasing paragraphs with Check / Expected result notes. Task-oriented title. All commands, code, versions, and warnings unchanged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs: remove model-voice patterns from product landing and deploy pages Reviewer feedback on this PR identified a uniform synthetic voice across the new pages: frontmatter descriptions echoed as opening sentences, contrast slogans ("injected, not discovered", "refuses to guess"), stacked absolutes, exception-packed sentences, prose restating code, and exhaustive what-to-read- next lists. This rewrites the flagged passages on the Composer, Compute, Prisma 8, and Postgres pages without changing any technical claims, and adds a "Don't write like a model" section to the docs-writer skill so the patterns are checked on future pages. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs: address review feedback on CLI reference voice and JSON import requirements Rewrite CLI and Composer reference prose per review comments: lead with the user action, one idea per sentence, default path before exceptions, consistent user-facing terms, and caveats as direct instructions. Document the TypeScript 5.3+ / module setting requirement for the JSON import attribute in the PostgreSQL upgrade guide. Fold the same patterns into the docs-writer skill. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs: sweep remaining model-voice prose across the PR's pages Apply the reference-prose style throughout: lead with the user action, one idea per sentence, default path before exceptions, caveats as direct instructions, purposeful links, and no coined shorthand or implementation language. Commands, code blocks, captured CLI output, links, and technical claims are unchanged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs: align agent-skills docs with the three real skill sources and surface them in skill.md Audited against the actual repositories: the prisma/skills registry (what `prisma agent install` wraps at rc.6 — all skills for claude-code+codex by default, no interactive picker), the prisma/prisma skills/ directory (the consolidated prisma-8 usage skill plus two upgrade skills, installed by `orm init`), and the single prisma-composer skill in prisma/composer. - /ai/tools/skills: per-repo source table up front, `prisma agent install` as the CLI path, version-pinning guidance for the prisma-8 skill, and a Composer skill section (it was missing entirely). - /cli/v8/agent: names the registry it installs from, states the real defaults, options as a table, and routes to the other two skill sources. - /compute/getting-started: replaces the incorrect "interactive picker" claim with what no-flags install actually does; notes the one-time `prisma init` offer. - /cli/v8/init: --skip-skills row says which skills it skips. - Both skill.md endpoints (docs + site) gain an "Installable agent skills" section so an agent that discovers Prisma via skill.md finds the three `skills add` commands and the catalog page as markdown. Validated: lint:agent-ready, lint:links, lint:spellcheck, docs+site types:check all pass. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: Nurul Sundarani <sundarani@prisma.io>
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/guides/v8/upgrade-prisma-orm/postgresql: a procedural, hands-on guide for migrating an existing Prisma 7 PostgreSQL application to Prisma 8 incrementally, with both versions running side by side against the same database. Companion to the MongoDB (v6 → 8) guide in the same section.What the guide teaches
prismafor@prisma/prisma7(prisma7binary), rename the config toprisma7.config.ts, repoint scripts; behavior verified unchanged.prisma@next+@prisma/orm-postgres+@prisma/cli-engine, its ownprisma.config.ts,contract infer→ edit →contract emit. A table pins down which CLI/config/schema/client belongs to which version.migration plan, adopt the live DB withdb sign(no replay),ref set dbso future plans chain, then a realALTER TABLEchange proves ownership while legacy Prisma 7 routes keep running.Verification
Every command was executed in a real sandbox (Hono + Prisma Postgres via
npx create-db), twice: once while authoring, and a full replay of the finished guide from the Prisma 7 checkpoint on a fresh database. Validated againstprisma@8.0.0-rc.6,@prisma/orm-postgres@8.0.0-rc.4,@prisma/cli-engine@0.2.0,@prisma/prisma7@7.10.0-dev.58(Prisma 7 baseline7.9.1).Reproduced findings the guide encodes (behavior on current RCs, where it differs from the prisma8-and-7-example repo):
contract infer(rc.6) omits@@map, so Prisma 8 queriespublic.userwhile Prisma 7 created"User"— the guide has the reader add@@mapto every model.contract inferpicks up Prisma 7's_prisma_migrationsledger as aPrismaMigrationsmodel — the guide deletes it;db signverified tolerant of the extra table.dbref,migration planre-plans from scratch (fullCREATE TABLEops); withref set db+migrate --advance-ref db, plans contain only the delta.prisma7CLI auto-discoversprisma7.config.ts; no--configflag needed even with the Prisma 8prisma.config.tspresent.Checks
cspell: 0 issuespnpm lint:links: 0 errorsScope: PostgreSQL only, stated up front; other databases will follow.
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