---
title: generate
description: Generate consent schema and code for your project.
---
`generate` creates schema files and TypeScript code for managing consent in your project. It is typically used after [`setup`](./setup) to regenerate types when configuration changes.

## Usage

```bash
pnpm dlx @c15t/cli generate
```

## When to use it

* After editing your consent categories, scripts, or policy packs.
* After upgrading c15t to pull in new schema fields.
* When wiring up self-hosted databases that require generated migrations.

## What it produces

Depending on your project, `generate` writes:

* TypeScript type definitions for your consent shape.
* Configuration files consumed by `@c15t/cli setup` and `@c15t/backend`.
* Migration files for your selected database adapter (when self-hosted).

The exact set of generated files is determined by your `c15t.config` and the framework detected in `package.json`.

## Flags

* `-y` / `--yes` — accept defaults and skip prompts.
* `--resume` — resume from a previously interrupted run.
* A storage mode (`hosted`, `offline`, `self-hosted`, `custom`) can be passed as the first positional argument to skip the storage-mode prompt.

Plus the [global flags](../global-flags).

## Related

* [`setup`](./setup) — alias for `generate`; same behaviour and flags.
* [`self-host migrate`](./self-host) — apply generated database migrations.