prisma-upgrade-v7

Update @prisma/client and prisma to version 7, switch the generator provider to prisma-client with an explicit output path, create prisma.config.ts, install a driver adapter such as @prisma/adapter-pg, update client imports and instantiation, then run prisma generate.

The prisma-client generator is the default generator in Prisma 7, replacing prisma-client-js for current projects. It requires an explicit output path and produces client, browser, models, and enums entrypoints instead of generating into node_modules.

Yes, Prisma 7 requires driver adapters for all SQL providers because the client no longer ships a native query engine. Install the adapter matching your database, such as @prisma/adapter-pg for PostgreSQL or @prisma/adapter-better-sqlite3 for SQLite, and pass it to PrismaClient.

No, Prisma 7 has no MongoDB connector and no MongoDB driver adapter. MongoDB projects should stay on the latest Prisma 6.x release or migrate to Prisma Next instead of following the standard v7 SQL migration path.

Prisma 7 removed automatic environment variable loading, so you must install dotenv and add import 'dotenv/config' as the first line of prisma.config.ts. Bun users are exempt because Bun loads .env files natively.

The prisma-client generator no longer exposes Prisma.validator, so use TypeScript's satisfies operator instead. Define your select or include object as a plain literal followed by satisfies Prisma.UserSelect or the equivalent model type.