diff --git a/apps/orchestrator/Dockerfile b/apps/orchestrator/Dockerfile
index c6f71b1..d8c929c 100644
--- a/apps/orchestrator/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/orchestrator/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ FROM base AS deps
 COPY packages/shared/package.json ./packages/shared/
 COPY packages/config/package.json ./packages/config/
 COPY apps/orchestrator/package.json ./apps/orchestrator/
-# (API prisma schema is copied in builder stage directly into orchestrator/prisma/)
+# API schema is available via apps/orchestrator/prisma/schema.prisma symlink
 
 # Copy npm configuration for native binary architecture hints
 COPY .npmrc ./
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ COPY --from=deps /app/packages/shared/node_modules ./packages/shared/node_module
 COPY --from=deps /app/packages/config/node_modules ./packages/config/node_modules
 COPY --from=deps /app/apps/orchestrator/node_modules ./apps/orchestrator/node_modules
 
-# Copy API prisma schema into orchestrator's own prisma/ dir.
-# Running generate from within the orchestrator package avoids cross-package
-# project-root detection issues (Prisma was looking for package.json in /app/apps/).
-COPY apps/api/prisma/schema.prisma ./apps/orchestrator/prisma/schema.prisma
-RUN cd apps/orchestrator && ./node_modules/.bin/prisma generate --schema=./prisma/schema.prisma
+# apps/orchestrator/prisma/schema.prisma is a symlink → ../../api/prisma/schema.prisma
+# Docker COPY follows symlinks, so the schema file is already present after
+# "COPY apps/orchestrator ./apps/orchestrator" above.
+# pnpm turbo build runs prisma:generate first (which uses --schema=./prisma/schema.prisma)
+# from within the orchestrator package — no cross-package project-root issues.
 
 # Build the orchestrator app using TurboRepo
 RUN pnpm turbo build --filter=@mosaic/orchestrator
diff --git a/apps/orchestrator/package.json b/apps/orchestrator/package.json
index 986228d..29490ea 100644
--- a/apps/orchestrator/package.json
+++ b/apps/orchestrator/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "dev": "nest start --watch",
     "lint": "eslint src/",
     "lint:fix": "eslint src/ --fix",
-    "prisma:generate": "prisma generate --schema=./prisma/schema.prisma",
+    "prisma:generate": "prisma generate --schema=../api/prisma/schema.prisma",
     "start": "node dist/main.js",
     "start:debug": "nest start --debug --watch",
     "start:dev": "nest start --watch",
@@ -52,8 +52,5 @@
     "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0",
     "typescript": "^5.8.2",
     "vitest": "^4.0.18"
-  },
-  "prisma": {
-    "schema": "prisma/schema.prisma"
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/orchestrator/prisma/schema.prisma b/apps/orchestrator/prisma/schema.prisma
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..428dc8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/orchestrator/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../api/prisma/schema.prisma
\ No newline at end of file