docs(cli): show npm install after prisma init

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Following the CLI page's "Agent skills" commands in a project that doesn't have prisma yet fails at the second command:

$ npx prisma@latest init
$ npx prisma skills sync
CLI.CONFIG_UNREADABLE: prisma.config.ts could not be evaluated: the 'prisma/config' entry point could not be resolved from this project.

This PR adds npm install between those two commands on the CLI index page. It also makes the init reference say what init does to package.json, so readers know when the install is needed.

Why the install is needed

init writes a prisma.config.ts that imports prisma/config. That import resolves from node_modules, so it only works once the prisma package is installed.

When the project doesn't list prisma yet, init adds it to devDependencies, pinned to the CLI's version. But it doesn't install it. Until you run npm install, every command that reads prisma.config.ts stops with the error above. init's own output ends by telling you to run npm install, but the docs never showed that step.

When the project already lists prisma, init leaves that entry alone, and the install isn't needed.

Changes

• init reference (cli/init.mdx):
  • lists adding the prisma dev dependency as one of the four things init does, and says an existing prisma entry is left alone;
  • shows npm install after init in Usage, with a note that it matters when init added prisma;
  • corrects "No other command edits package.json": orm init also adds prisma;
  • updates metaDescription to match.
• CLI index (cli/index.mdx): the "Agent skills" commands now run npm install between init and skills sync.

Pages left unchanged

The other pages that run init already have prisma installed by then:

• the Composer getting-started page installs it in step 1;
• the Compute getting-started page starts from a Composer app, which has it;
• the Prisma ORM guides run orm init first, which installs prisma@latest.

Alternatives considered

• Add the install to every page that runs init. On the pages above it does nothing, and an extra step with no effect would confuse readers.
• Have init run the install itself. That would make the docs simpler, but it changes how the CLI behaves, which is the CLI team's decision.

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Walkthrough

The CLI documentation now explains that init adds prisma to devDependencies when absent but does not install it. It adds npm install guidance and clarifies package-manifest behavior for init, orm init, and skills sync.

Changes

Init installation documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document init installation requirements apps/docs/content/docs/cli/init.mdx, apps/docs/content/docs/cli/index.mdx	The docs describe when init adds prisma to devDependencies and that it does not install the package. The usage instructions add npm install, explain the CLI.CONFIG_UNREADABLE error when prisma is not installed, and clarify that orm init adds the dependency while skills sync does not edit package.json.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Other

Suggested reviewers: nurul3101

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 885a3

Projects with Prisma ORM 7 already listed can hit an unsupported command when following the agent-skills guide. Use the latest CLI for the final sync.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 885a3

The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: apps/docs

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Systems and components

• observed — apps/docs (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in apps/docs/content/docs/cli/index.mdx: The agent-skills section adds the instruction to install dependencies after init and adds npm install to the example before prisma skills sync.
• observed — Modified behavior in apps/docs/content/docs/cli/init.mdx: The metadata description now includes the prisma dependency addition among the documented effects of init.
• observed — Modified behavior in apps/docs/content/docs/cli/init.mdx: The documented steps increase from three to four: init now adds prisma to devDependencies at the CLI’s version if absent, without installing it. The rerun-safety statement now also says an existing prisma entry is not edited.
• observed — Modified behavior in apps/docs/content/docs/cli/init.mdx: The usage example adds npm install and advises running it after init adds prisma, so the package is available in node_modules.

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