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When you develop with BAML, the BAML VScode extension generates a baml_client directory (on every save) with all the generated code you need to use your AI functions in your application.

We recommend you add baml_client to your .gitignore file to avoid committing generated code to your repository, and re-generate the client code when you build and deploy your application.

You could commit the generated code if you’re starting out to not deal with this, just make sure the VSCode extension version matches your baml package dependency version (e.g. baml-py for python and @boundaryml/baml for TS) so there are no compatibility issues.

To build your client you can use the following command. See also Generating Clients:

1RUN baml-cli generate --from path-to-baml_src

Current limitations

  • We do not yet support alpine images. BAML will not properly build for those platforms. Let us know if you need to support lighter weight alpine images, and we’ll prioritize it.