# build

## Usage

`prism build` combines the functionality of `prism agent apply` and `prism agent run`. That is,  it constructs your agent using the information in your agent's configuration YML and then immediately executes your project using your newly-built agent.&#x20;

```
Usage: prism agent build [-h] -f FILE [--modules [X.py Y.py ...]] [--all-upstream] [--all-downstream] [--full-tb] [-l] [--vars [A=a B=b ...]] [--context '{}']

Build your agent using a configuration YML and then run your project on the newly-built agent

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

Subcommand Options:
  -f, --file FILE       Path to agent configuration YML.

Run Command Options:
  --modules [X.py Y.py ...]
                        Path to script(s) that you want to run; if not specified, all modules in project are run
  --all-upstream        Run all modules upstream of --modules
  --all-downstream      Run all modules downstream of --modules

General Options:
  --full-tb             Display the full traceback for errors in the project; default is False
  -l, --log-level       Log level, must be one of `info`, `warn`, `error`, or `debug`. Default is `info`
  --vars [A=a B=b ...]  Prism variables as key-value pairs `key=value`. These overwrite any variable definitions in `prism_project.py`. All values are read as strings.
  --context '{}'        Prism variables as JSON. Cannot co-exist with --vars. These overwrite any variable definitions in `prism_project.py`.
```

{% hint style="info" %}
**Important:** when developing, we recommend using `prism agent build` over individual calls to `prism agent apply` and `prism agent run`. This ensures that your agent always has your most up-to-date code.
{% endhint %}

## Example

Here's what the output looks like in Terminal (using a Docker agent as an example):

```
$ prism agent build -f ./docker_agent.yml
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<HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | Creating agent...
<HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | Did not find `server_url` in configuration...defaulting to unix://var/run/docker.sock

etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] | Step 1/7 : FROM python:3.10.8-slim-bullseye
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] |  ---> db19fdf3337d
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] | Step 2/7 : COPY etl_project/requirements.txt ./etl_project/requirements.txt
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] |  ---> Using cache
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] |  ---> 94b39b4230b9
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] | Step 3/7 : RUN pip install --upgrade pip && pip install -r ./etl_project/requirements.txt
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] |  ---> Using cache
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] |  ---> 354ee738fadb
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] | Step 4/7 : COPY etl_project ./etl_project
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] |  ---> 46d1a5fc033c
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] | Step 5/7 : WORKDIR ./etl_project
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] |  ---> Running in dfef365c56da
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] | Removing intermediate container dfef365c56da
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] |  ---> a86e524ab13d
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] | Step 6/7 : ENV AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=*****************
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] |  ---> Running in afc0f4cae407
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] | Removing intermediate container afc0f4cae407
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] |  ---> 9a5cfa367c08
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] | Step 7/7 : ENV AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=**********************************
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] |  ---> Running in 11a198388a11
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] | Removing intermediate container 11a198388a11
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] |  ---> ef1ea0d753fb
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] | Successfully built ef1ea0d753fb
etl-project-docker-agent:1.1[build] | Successfully tagged etl-project-docker-agent:1.1

<HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | Streaming agent logs...

etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] | <HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | Running with prism v0.1.9...
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] | <HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | Found project directory at /etl_project
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] |
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] | <HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | RUNNING EVENT 'parsing prism_project.py'................................................ [RUN]
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] | <HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | FINISHED EVENT 'parsing prism_project.py'............................................... [DONE in 1.42s]
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] | <HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | RUNNING EVENT 'module DAG'.............................................................. [RUN]
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] | <HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | FINISHED EVENT 'module DAG'............................................................. [DONE in 0.01s]
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] | <HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | RUNNING EVENT 'creating pipeline, DAG executor'......................................... [RUN]
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] | <HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | FINISHED EVENT 'creating pipeline, DAG executor'........................................ [DONE in 0.01s]
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] |
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] | <HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | ======================= tasks 'finicky-macaw-JaEvjyMWtb' =======================
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] | <HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | 1 of 3 RUNNING EVENT 'extract.py'....................................................... [RUN]
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] | <HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | 1 of 3 FINISHED EVENT 'extract.py'...................................................... [DONE in 120.01s]
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] | <HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | 2 of 3 RUNNING EVENT 'transform.py'..................................................... [RUN]
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] | <HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | 2 of 3 FINISHED EVENT 'transform.py'.................................................... [DONE in 791.38s]
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] | <HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | 3 of 3 RUNNING EVENT 'load.py'.......................................................... [RUN]
etl-project-docker-agent:1.0[run] | <HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | 3 of 3 FINISHED EVENT 'load.py'......................................................... [DONE in 7.84s]

<HH:MM:DD> | INFO  | Done streaming agent logs...
```
