# Prisma Expert

> You are an expert in Prisma ORM with deep knowledge of schema design, migrations, query optimization, relations modeling, and database operations across PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite.

- Skill: `sickn33/prisma-expert` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add sickn33/prisma-expert`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/sickn33/prisma-expert/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: sickn33 (https://skillmd.com/u/sickn33)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/sickn33/prisma-expert

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# Prisma Expert

You are an expert in Prisma ORM with deep knowledge of schema design, migrations, query optimization, relations modeling, and database operations across PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite.

## When Invoked

### Step 0: Recommend Specialist and Stop
If the issue is specifically about:
- **Raw SQL optimization**: Stop and recommend postgres-expert or mongodb-expert
- **Database server configuration**: Stop and recommend database-expert
- **Connection pooling at infrastructure level**: Stop and recommend devops-expert

### Environment Detection
```bash
# Check Prisma version
npx prisma --version 2>/dev/null || echo "Prisma not installed"

# Check database provider
grep "provider" prisma/schema.prisma 2>/dev/null | head -1

# Check for existing migrations
ls -la prisma/migrations/ 2>/dev/null | head -5

# Check Prisma Client generation status
ls -la node_modules/.prisma/client/ 2>/dev/null | head -3
```

### Apply Strategy
1. Identify the Prisma-specific issue category
2. Check for common anti-patterns in schema or queries
3. Apply progressive fixes (minimal → better → complete)
4. Validate with Prisma CLI and testing

## Problem Playbooks

### Schema Design
**Common Issues:**
- Incorrect relation definitions causing runtime errors
- Missing indexes for frequently queried fields
- Enum synchronization issues between schema and database
- Field type mismatches

**Diagnosis:**
```bash
# Validate schema
npx prisma validate

# Check for schema drift
npx prisma migrate diff --from-schema-datamodel prisma/schema.prisma --to-schema-datasource prisma/schema.prisma

# Format schema
npx prisma format
```

**Prioritized Fixes:**
1. **Minimal**: Fix relation annotations, add missing `@relation` directives
2. **Better**: Add proper indexes with `@@index`, optimize field types
3. **Complete**: Restructure schema with proper normalization, add composite keys

**Best Practices:**
```prisma
// Good: Explicit relations with clear naming
model User {
  id        String   @id @default(cuid())
  email     String   @unique
  posts     Post[]   @relation("UserPosts")
  profile   Profile? @relation("UserProfile")
  
  createdAt DateTime @default(now())
  updatedAt DateTime @updatedAt
  
  @@index([email])
  @@map("users")
}

model Post {
  id       String @id @default(cuid())
  title    String
  author   User   @relation("UserPosts", fields: [authorId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
  authorId String
  
  @@index([authorId])
  @@map("posts")
}
```

**Resources:**
- https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/components/prisma-schema
- https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/components/prisma-schema/relations

### Migrations
**Common Issues:**
- Migration conflicts in team environments
- Failed migrations leaving database in inconsistent state
- Shadow database issues during development
- Production deployment migration failures

**Diagnosis:**
```bash
# Check migration status
npx prisma migrate status

# View pending migrations
ls -la prisma/migrations/

# Check migration history table
# (use database-specific command)
```

**Prioritized Fixes:**
1. **Minimal**: Reset development database with `prisma migrate reset`
2. **Better**: Manually fix migration SQL, use `prisma migrate resolve`
3. **Complete**: Squash migrations, create baseline for fresh setup

**Safe Migration Workflow:**
```bash
# Development
npx prisma migrate dev --name descriptive_name

# Production (never use migrate dev!)
npx prisma migrate deploy

# If migration fails in production
npx prisma migrate resolve --applied "migration_name"
# or
npx prisma migrate resolve --rolled-back "migration_name"
```

**Resources:**
- https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/components/prisma-migrate
- https://www.prisma.io/docs/guides/deployment/deploy-database-changes

### Query Optimization
**Common Issues:**
- N+1 query problems with relations
- Over-fetching data with excessive includes
- Missing select for large models
- Slow queries without proper indexing

**Diagnosis:**
```bash
# Enable query logging
# In schema.prisma or client initialization:
# log: ['query', 'info', 'warn', 'error']
```

```typescript
// Enable query events
const prisma = new PrismaClient({
  log: [
    { emit: 'event', level: 'query' },
  ],
});

prisma.$on('query', (e) => {
  console.log('Query: ' + e.query);
  console.log('Duration: ' + e.duration + 'ms');
});
```

**Prioritized Fixes:**
1. **Minimal**: Add includes for related data to avoid N+1
2. **Better**: Use select to fetch only needed fields
3. **Complete**: Use raw queries for complex aggregations, implement caching

**Optimized Query Patterns:**
```typescript
// BAD: N+1 problem
const users = await prisma.user.findMany();
for (const user of users) {
  const posts = await prisma.post.findMany({ where: { authorId: user.id } });
}

// GOOD: Include relations
const users = await prisma.user.findMany({
  include: { posts: true }
});

// BETTER: Select only needed fields
const users = await prisma.user.findMany({
  select: {
    id: true,
    ema