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### What is instant prompt?
*Instant Prompt* is an optional feature of Powerlevel10k. When enabled, Powerlevel10k prompt will
appear instantly after you start zsh, allowing you to get hacking right away. It's an effective
solution to the problem of slow zsh startup.
*Instant Prompt* is an optional feature of Powerlevel10k. When enabled, it gives you a limited
prompt within 10 milliseconds of staring zsh, alowing you to start hacking right away while zsh
is initializing. Once the initialization is complete, the full-featured Powerlevel10k will
seamlessly replace instant prompt.
When you run `p10k configure`, Powerlevel10k will automatically enable instant prompt for you if
it hasn't been already enabled. You can also enable it manually by adding two code snippets to
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time (repeat 1000 zsh -dfis <<< 'source ~/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme')
```
NOTE: This measures time to first *complete prompt*. Powerlevel10k can also display a
[limited prompt](#what-is-instant-prompt) before the full-featured prompt is ready.
Running this command with `~/powerlevel10k` as the current directory on the same machine as in the
[prompt benchmark](#is-it-really-fast) takes 29 seconds (29 ms per invocation). This is about 6
times faster than powerlevel9k/master and 17 times faster than powerlevel9k/next.