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Pure Models Lean

Emit slim, comment-free pure model schemas with no relation fields:

zod-generator.config.json
{
  "pureModels": true,
  "pureModelsLean": true,
  "pureModelsIncludeRelations": false
}

Generates scalar-centric schemas for simpler validation surfaces.

What each option does​

  • pureModelsLean: true suppresses the generated file header, the model and per-field doc comments, the inferred-type JSDoc and the trailing Schema Statistics: block. Set it to false when you want that verbose output back.
  • pureModelsIncludeRelations: false is what omits relation fields. pureModelsLean has no effect on relations — the two options are independent.

Both flags above are already the defaults; they are spelled out here so the intent of the config is explicit.

Dropping only some relations​

If you want relation fields in general but not the heavy collections, keep relations on and name the ones to drop:

zod-generator.config.json
{
  "pureModels": true,
  "pureModelsLean": true,
  "pureModelsIncludeRelations": true,
  "globalExclusions": { "pure": ["posts", "comments"] }
}
Exact field names only

globalExclusions.pure is matched by exact field name, so a pattern such as "*Relation" silently matches nothing. List each field name you want dropped. (Wildcards are only honoured for globalExclusions.input, which feeds the objects/ input schemas.)

Bidirectional relations can still produce TypeScript circular-reference errors once relations are included — see Circular Dependency Exclusion.

Restricting the output to models only​

These options change what goes inside each pure model file — they do not switch off the other output categories. With the config above, objects/, the CRUD argument schemas and results/ are all still emitted alongside schemas/models/.

To keep the output to pure models and nothing else, add the emission controls from Models Only on top of this config.