I am building a NestJS project using Prisma ORM.
I created a PrismaService where I initialize the Prisma client and apply a custom extension (softDeleteExtension).

After doing that, TypeScript autocomplete / IntelliSense stops working — I only get suggestions up to:

this.prisma.client

and no model names appear after that (e.g. .user, .restaurant, etc.).

Here is my Prisma service:

export class PrismaService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {

  public readonly client;

  constructor(private readonly configService: ConfigService) {

    const dbUrl = this.configService.get('DATABASE_URL');

    const adapter = new PrismaPg({
      connectionString: dbUrl,
    });

    this.client = new PrismaClient({ adapter })
      .$extends(softDeleteExtension);
  }

  async onModuleInit() {
    await this.client.$connect();
  }

  async onModuleDestroy() {
    await this.client.$disconnect();
  }
}

And I inject it in a service like this:

export class RestaurantService {
  constructor(private readonly prisma: PrismaService) {}

  async create(dto: CreateRestaurantDto) {
    await this.prisma.client.user.create({
      data: dto,
    });
  }
}

It seems like the $extends() call causes the Prisma client type to become any.

Question

How can I define the client property so that TypeScript keeps the correct Prisma Client types and autocomplete still works after calling $extends()?

Thanks!