Prisma · runtime error

@prisma/client did not initialize yet

Error: @prisma/client did not initialize yet. Please run "prisma generate" and try to import it again.

What it means

@prisma/client is only a shell until prisma generate writes the real client for your schema. The code imported it before that ever happened on this machine or in this build.

Common causes

• The agent ran npm install prisma @prisma/client but never prisma generate
• A fresh clone or CI build where nothing runs prisma generate
• node_modules was cached from a build that had no schema yet

How to fix it

1. Run npx prisma generate once locally
2. Add "postinstall": "prisma generate" to package.json so every install regenerates
3. Make the build script prisma generate && next build

"scripts": {
  "build": "prisma generate && next build",
  "postinstall": "prisma generate"
}

Prompt for Cursor or Claude Code

Prisma says @prisma/client did not initialize yet. Run prisma generate, then make it permanent: add "postinstall": "prisma generate" and change the build script to "prisma generate && next build" in package.json. Don't change the schema.

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