Generation Modes

Mode	Models default	Variants default	Operations	Notes
full	all enabled	all enabled	all Prisma ops	Richest output
minimal	all enabled unless disabled	input & pure enabled (result often off)	Restricted core CRUD + find	Prunes complex nested inputs, disables select/include; model selection behaves exactly like full mode
custom	all enabled unless disabled	respect variants.*.enabled	all unless filtered	Explicit control

Minimal mode specifics:

• Does not disable models: every model is generated unless you set models.<Name>.enabled = false. Minimal mode narrows the operation set and prunes nested input objects; it never blanket-disables models.
• Forces select/include disabled even if flags set.
• Applies MINIMAL_OPERATIONS for models that do not specify their own operations. The built-in set is findMany, findUnique, findFirst, create, update, delete.
• Skips many heavy nested input object schemas (allow-list basics).
• Create operations use UncheckedCreateInput only: Blocks regular *CreateInput schemas that require complex nested relations, favoring simple foreign key-based *UncheckedCreateInput schemas.
• Update operations support both variants: Allows both *UpdateInput and *UncheckedUpdateInput for flexibility.

Overriding the minimal operation set

You can replace the built-in allow-list with your own by adding a top-level minimalOperations array of canonical operation names:

{
  "mode": "minimal",
  "minimalOperations": ["findMany", "findUnique", "create", "createMany", "update"]
}

The array replaces the built-in allow-list wholesale for models you have not listed under models — a model with its own operations array always wins, and a model listed without one still receives MINIMAL_OPERATIONS. Legacy aliases (createOne, updateOne, deleteOne, upsertOne) are normalised to their canonical names before the check, so only the canonical form is needed here. Including create or createMany additionally unblocks the *CreateManyInput object schemas that minimal mode otherwise skips as too heavy.

note

minimalOperations is an escape hatch rather than part of the per-model filtering contract — it applies globally, unlike models.*.operations. It is declared in the config interface and in the published JSON Schema, so $schema completion and ConfigurationValidator both accept it.

Emission Heuristics

Condition	Effect
pureModels=true AND all variants.*.enabled=false AND mode=custom	Pure-models-only (emit only pure model schemas)
pureModels=true AND only variants.pure.enabled=true	Pure-variant-only (skip CRUD/input/result schemas)
emit.results=false	Internally sets variants.result.enabled=false before generation
useMultipleFiles=false	Single-file bundle; directory cleanup after flush
mode=minimal	Suppresses select/include + prunes deep input objects

Explicit emit.* booleans, when provided, override heuristics for that category (except minimal’s enforced suppressions).