---
title: "Supabase CLI for Local Development and Database Migrations"
description: "Supabase CLI manages local Supabase projects, database migrations, types, and edge functions. It is the upstream command-line tool for developers who need to work against Supabase from the terminal and CI."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/supabase/cli"
author: "Supabase"
publisher_type: "Company"
category:
  - "Developer Tools"
framework:
  - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "supabase/cli"
  github_stars: 2112
  npm_package: "supabase"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 1190551
---

# Supabase CLI for Local Development and Database Migrations

Supabase CLI manages local Supabase projects, database migrations, types, and edge functions. It is the upstream command-line tool for developers who need to work against Supabase from the terminal and CI.

## Prerequisites

Go, Node.js

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

Install command or upstream instructions:

```
brew install supabase/tap/supabase or npm i supabase --save-dev
```

## Documentation

- https://supabase.com/docs/reference/cli/about

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/supabase-cli-local-development-database-migrations/)