Using the CLI

ZenStack CLI is a command-line tool that takes the ZModel schema as input and complete different tasks for you. It's included in the "@zenstackhq/cli" package, and can be invoked with either zen or zenstack command.

In the context of ORM, the CLI compiles ZModel into a TypeScript representation, which can in turn be used to create a type-safe ORM client.

You can try running the npx zen generate command in the following playground and inspect the TypeScript code generated inside the "zenstack" folder.

The generate command outputs the following TypeScript files in the same folder of the schema file:

• schema.ts: TypeScript representation of the ZModel schema, used by the ORM client to understand the database's structure and infer types.
• models.ts: Exports types for all models, types, and enums defined in the schema.
• input.ts: Export types that you can use to type the arguments passed to the ORM client methods, such as findMany, create, etc.