diff --git a/tembo-cli/Cargo.lock b/tembo-cli/Cargo.lock
index 8cb7f982b..693581a18 100644
--- a/tembo-cli/Cargo.lock
+++ b/tembo-cli/Cargo.lock
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e01ed3140b2f8d422c68afa1ed2e85d996ea619c988ac834d255db32138655cb"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-router",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ checksum = "a66537f1bb974b254c98ed142ff995236e81b9d0fe4db0575f46612cb15eb0f9"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "edcdbedc2236483ab103a53415653d6b4442ea6141baf1ffa85df29635e88436"
 dependencies = [
- "nix",
+ "nix 0.27.1",
  "rand",
 ]
 
@@ -381,9 +381,12 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b62ddb9cb1ec0a098ad4bbf9344d0713fa193ae1a80af55febcff2627b6a00c1"
 dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
  "getrandom",
  "instant",
+ "pin-project-lite",
  "rand",
+ "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -508,6 +511,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "camino"
+version = "1.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e0ec6b951b160caa93cc0c7b209e5a3bff7aae9062213451ac99493cd844c239"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo-platform"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "24b1f0365a6c6bb4020cd05806fd0d33c44d38046b8bd7f0e40814b9763cabfc"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo_metadata"
+version = "0.14.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4acbb09d9ee8e23699b9634375c72795d095bf268439da88562cf9b501f181fa"
+dependencies = [
+ "camino",
+ "cargo-platform",
+ "semver",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.83"
@@ -616,7 +650,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -667,6 +701,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clipboard-win"
+version = "4.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7191c27c2357d9b7ef96baac1773290d4ca63b24205b82a3fd8a0637afcf0362"
+dependencies = [
+ "error-code",
+ "str-buf",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -699,6 +744,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "console"
+version = "0.15.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e1f83fc076bd6dd27517eacdf25fef6c4dfe5f1d7448bafaaf3a26f13b5e4eb"
+dependencies = [
+ "encode_unicode 0.3.6",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "const-oid"
 version = "0.9.6"
@@ -853,7 +911,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "cfg-if",
  "crossbeam-utils",
- "memoffset",
+ "memoffset 0.9.0",
  "scopeguard",
 ]
 
@@ -1007,7 +1065,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "strsim",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1029,7 +1087,7 @@ checksum = "836a9bbc7ad63342d6d6e7b815ccab164bc77a2d95d84bc3117a8c0d5c98e2d5"
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  "darling_core 0.20.3",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1206,6 +1264,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encode_unicode"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a357d28ed41a50f9c765dbfe56cbc04a64e53e5fc58ba79fbc34c10ef3df831f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encode_unicode"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -1221,6 +1285,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "endian-type"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c34f04666d835ff5d62e058c3995147c06f42fe86ff053337632bca83e42702d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "enum-as-inner"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -1260,6 +1330,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "error-code"
+version = "2.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "64f18991e7bf11e7ffee451b5318b5c1a73c52d0d0ada6e5a3017c8c1ced6a21"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "str-buf",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "etcetera"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -1292,6 +1372,29 @@ version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "25cbce373ec4653f1a01a31e8a5e5ec0c622dc27ff9c4e6606eefef5cbbed4a5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fd-lock"
+version = "3.0.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef033ed5e9bad94e55838ca0ca906db0e043f517adda0c8b79c7a8c66c93c1b5"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "filetime"
+version = "0.2.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ee447700ac8aa0b2f2bd7bc4462ad686ba06baa6727ac149a2d6277f0d240fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall 0.4.1",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "finl_unicode"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -1431,7 +1534,7 @@ checksum = "87750cf4b7a4c0625b1529e4c543c2182106e4dedc60a2a6455e00d212c489ac"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2309,6 +2412,15 @@ version = "2.6.3"
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 checksum = "8f232d6ef707e1956a43342693d2a31e72989554d58299d7a88738cc95b0d35c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memoffset"
+version = "0.6.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5aa361d4faea93603064a027415f07bd8e1d5c88c9fbf68bf56a285428fd79ce"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memoffset"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -2412,6 +2524,28 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "27b02d87554356db9e9a873add8782d4ea6e3e58ea071a9adb9a2e8ddb884a8b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nibble_vec"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77a5d83df9f36fe23f0c3648c6bbb8b0298bb5f1939c8f2704431371f4b84d43"
+dependencies = [
+ "smallvec",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.23.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f3790c00a0150112de0f4cd161e3d7fc4b2d8a5542ffc35f099a2562aecb35c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "memoffset 0.6.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.27.1"
@@ -2574,7 +2708,7 @@ checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2782,7 +2916,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pest_meta",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2851,7 +2985,7 @@ checksum = "4359fd9c9171ec6e8c62926d6faaf553a8dc3f64e1507e76da7911b4f6a04405"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2948,7 +3082,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "eea25e07510aa6ab6547308ebe3c036016d162b8da920dbb079e3ba8acf3d95a"
 dependencies = [
  "csv",
- "encode_unicode",
+ "encode_unicode 1.0.0",
  "is-terminal",
  "lazy_static",
  "term",
@@ -2987,9 +3121,9 @@ checksum = "dc375e1527247fe1a97d8b7156678dfe7c1af2fc075c9a4db3690ecd2a148068"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.83"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "0b33eb56c327dec362a9e55b3ad14f9d2f0904fb5a5b03b513ab5465399e9f43"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -3009,6 +3143,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "promptly"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9acbc6c5a5b029fe58342f58445acb00ccfe24624e538894bc2f04ce112980ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustyline",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "protobuf"
 version = "2.28.0"
@@ -3039,13 +3182,23 @@ checksum = "a1d01941d82fa2ab50be1e79e6714289dd7cde78eba4c074bc5a4374f650dfe0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.33"
+version = "1.0.36"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5267fca4496028628a95160fc423a33e8b2e6af8a5302579e322e4b520293cae"
+checksum = "0fa76aaf39101c457836aec0ce2316dbdc3ab723cdda1c6bd4e6ad4208acaca7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "radix_trie"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c069c179fcdc6a2fe24d8d18305cf085fdbd4f922c041943e203685d6a1c58fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "endian-type",
+ "nibble_vec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -3095,7 +3248,7 @@ checksum = "8b86292cf41ccfc96c5de7165c1c53d5b4ac540c5bab9d1857acbe9eba5f1a0b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-hack",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3329,7 +3482,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "relative-path",
  "rustc_version",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
@@ -3377,6 +3530,30 @@ version = "1.0.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7ffc183a10b4478d04cbbbfc96d0873219d962dd5accaff2ffbd4ceb7df837f4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustyline"
+version = "9.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "db7826789c0e25614b03e5a54a0717a86f9ff6e6e5247f92b369472869320039"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "clipboard-win",
+ "dirs-next",
+ "fd-lock",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "memchr",
+ "nix 0.23.2",
+ "radix_trie",
+ "scopeguard",
+ "smallvec",
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "utf8parse",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.15"
@@ -3470,12 +3647,15 @@ name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ad977052201c6de01a8ef2aa3378c4bd23217a056337d1d6da40468d267a4fb0"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.188"
+version = "1.0.202"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cf9e0fcba69a370eed61bcf2b728575f726b50b55cba78064753d708ddc7549e"
+checksum = "226b61a0d411b2ba5ff6d7f73a476ac4f8bb900373459cd00fab8512828ba395"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
@@ -3492,13 +3672,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.188"
+version = "1.0.202"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4eca7ac642d82aa35b60049a6eccb4be6be75e599bd2e9adb5f875a737654af2"
+checksum = "6048858004bcff69094cd972ed40a32500f153bd3be9f716b2eed2e8217c4838"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3570,7 +3750,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "darling 0.20.3",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3792,6 +3972,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "sqlx-sqlite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx-cli"
+version = "0.7.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b941ddc37071bb01d001ec479885a493021f1ca39142d754a05a780a77fff99"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "async-trait",
+ "backoff",
+ "cargo_metadata",
+ "chrono",
+ "clap",
+ "clap_complete",
+ "console",
+ "dotenvy",
+ "filetime",
+ "futures",
+ "glob",
+ "promptly",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sqlx",
+ "tokio",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlx-core"
 version = "0.7.3"
@@ -3981,6 +4187,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "urlencoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "str-buf"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e08d8363704e6c71fc928674353e6b7c23dcea9d82d7012c8faf2a3a025f8d0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "stringprep"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -4017,7 +4229,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rustversion",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4039,9 +4251,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.37"
+version = "2.0.65"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7303ef2c05cd654186cb250d29049a24840ca25d2747c25c0381c8d9e2f582e8"
+checksum = "d2863d96a84c6439701d7a38f9de935ec562c8832cc55d1dde0f513b52fad106"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -4095,6 +4307,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "simplelog",
  "spinoff",
  "sqlx",
+ "sqlx-cli",
  "tembo-stacks",
  "temboclient",
  "tembodataclient",
@@ -4257,7 +4470,7 @@ checksum = "49922ecae66cc8a249b77e68d1d0623c1b2c514f0060c27cdc68bd62a1219d35"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4361,7 +4574,7 @@ checksum = "630bdcf245f78637c13ec01ffae6187cca34625e8c63150d424b59e55af2675e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4543,7 +4756,7 @@ checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4895,7 +5108,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "regex",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4981,7 +5194,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -5015,7 +5228,7 @@ checksum = "54681b18a46765f095758388f2d0cf16eb8d4169b639ab575a8f5693af210c7b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
@@ -5339,7 +5552,7 @@ checksum = "b3c129550b3e6de3fd0ba67ba5c81818f9805e58b8d7fee80a3a59d2c9fc601a"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.65",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/tembo-cli/Cargo.toml b/tembo-cli/Cargo.toml
index a1ae6464c..baf58ac2c 100644
--- a/tembo-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tembo-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ test-case = "=2.0.0-rc2"
 clap-markdown = { git = "https://github.com/tembo-io/clap-markdown.git", branch = "main", version = "0.1.3" }
 url = "2.5.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
+sqlx-cli = "0.7.3"
 
 [target.aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.dependencies]
 openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
diff --git a/tembo-cli/examples/migrations-1/.gitignore b/tembo-cli/examples/migrations-1/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6863dad9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tembo-cli/examples/migrations-1/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+docker-compose.yml
+migration-test/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tembo-cli/examples/migrations-1/tembo-migrations/migration-test/2024052301_create_users_table.sql b/tembo-cli/examples/migrations-1/tembo-migrations/migration-test/2024052301_create_users_table.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2741ac59d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tembo-cli/examples/migrations-1/tembo-migrations/migration-test/2024052301_create_users_table.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CREATE TABLE users (
+    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    name TEXT NOT NULL,
+    created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tembo-cli/examples/migrations-1/tembo-migrations/migration-test/2024052302_add_email_to_users.sql b/tembo-cli/examples/migrations-1/tembo-migrations/migration-test/2024052302_add_email_to_users.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d98a24b6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tembo-cli/examples/migrations-1/tembo-migrations/migration-test/2024052302_add_email_to_users.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ALTER TABLE users
+ADD COLUMN email TEXT;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tembo-cli/examples/migrations-1/tembo-migrations/migration-test/2024052303_insert_sample_data.sql b/tembo-cli/examples/migrations-1/tembo-migrations/migration-test/2024052303_insert_sample_data.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b5f7b444
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tembo-cli/examples/migrations-1/tembo-migrations/migration-test/2024052303_insert_sample_data.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+INSERT INTO users (name, email)
+VALUES ('Alice', 'alice@example.com'),
+       ('Bob', 'bob@example.com'),
+       ('Charlie', 'charlie@example.com');
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tembo-cli/examples/migrations-1/tembo.toml b/tembo-cli/examples/migrations-1/tembo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21f6e7b07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tembo-cli/examples/migrations-1/tembo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[migration-test]
+environment = "dev"
+instance_name = "migration-test"
+stack_type = "Standard"
diff --git a/tembo-cli/src/cmd/apply.rs b/tembo-cli/src/cmd/apply.rs
index 0c9ca99e7..913de0d14 100644
--- a/tembo-cli/src/cmd/apply.rs
+++ b/tembo-cli/src/cmd/apply.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use log::info;
 use spinoff::spinners;
 use spinoff::Spinner;
+use sqlx::{migrate::Migrator, PgPool};
 use std::fmt::Write;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::{
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ fn tembo_cloud_apply(
         if instance_setting.stack_file.is_some() {
             error("Stack File is only available for local testing.");
         }
-        let result = tembo_cloud_apply_instance(&env, instance_setting);
+        let result = tembo_cloud_apply_instance(&env, instance_setting, _key.to_string());
 
         match result {
             Ok(i) => i,
@@ -181,10 +182,7 @@ fn docker_apply(
 
     for (_key, instance_setting) in instance_settings.iter_mut() {
         let final_instance_setting = docker_apply_instance(verbose, instance_setting.to_owned())?;
-        final_instance_settings.insert(
-            final_instance_setting.instance_name.clone(),
-            final_instance_setting,
-        );
+        final_instance_settings.insert(_key.to_string(), final_instance_setting);
     }
 
     let rendered_dockercompose: String =
@@ -226,14 +224,29 @@ fn docker_apply(
                 .bold()
         ));
 
-        // If all of the above was successful, we can print the url to user
-        instance_started(
-            &format!(
-                "postgres://postgres:postgres@{}.local.tembo.io:{}",
-                instance_setting.instance_name, port
-            ),
-            "local",
+        let database_url = &format!(
+            "postgres://postgres:postgres@{}.local.tembo.io:{}",
+            instance_setting.instance_name, port
         );
+
+        let migrations_dir = PathBuf::from("tembo-migrations").join(_key);
+
+        // Apply SQLx migrations if the tembo-migrations directory exists
+        if migrations_dir.exists() && migrations_dir.is_dir() {
+            let mut sp = Spinner::new(spinners::Dots, "Applying migrations", spinoff::Color::White);
+            tokio::runtime::Runtime::new()?
+                .block_on(apply_migrations(database_url.to_string(), migrations_dir))?;
+            sp.stop_with_message(&format!(
+                "{} {}",
+                "✓".color(colors::indicator_good()).bold(),
+                format!("Migrations applied for Key {}", _key)
+                    .color(colorful::Color::White)
+                    .bold()
+            ));
+        }
+
+        // If all of the above was successful, we can print the url to user
+        instance_started(database_url, "local");
     }
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -356,6 +369,7 @@ fn process_app_services(
 pub fn tembo_cloud_apply_instance(
     env: &Environment,
     instance_settings: &InstanceSettings,
+    key: String,
 ) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let profile = env
         .selected_profile
@@ -412,6 +426,15 @@ pub fn tembo_cloud_apply_instance(
             ));
             clean_console();
             let connection_string = construct_connection_string(conn_info, password);
+
+            let migrations_dir = PathBuf::from("tembo-migrations").join(key);
+            if migrations_dir.exists() && migrations_dir.is_dir() {
+                tokio::runtime::Runtime::new()?.block_on(apply_migrations(
+                    connection_string.to_string(),
+                    migrations_dir,
+                ))?;
+            }
+
             instance_started(
                 &connection_string,
                 &instance_settings.stack_type.clone().unwrap(),
@@ -424,6 +447,24 @@ pub fn tembo_cloud_apply_instance(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+async fn apply_migrations(
+    database_url: String,
+    migrations_dir: PathBuf,
+) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
+    let pool = PgPool::connect(&database_url).await?;
+
+    for entry in fs::read_dir(&migrations_dir)? {
+        let entry = entry?;
+        let path = entry.path();
+        if path.is_file() {
+            let migrator = Migrator::new(migrations_dir.clone()).await?;
+            migrator.run(&pool).await?;
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn get_conn_info_with_creds(
     profile: Profile,
     instance_id: Option<String>,
diff --git a/tembo-cli/tests/integration_tests_docker.rs b/tembo-cli/tests/integration_tests_docker.rs
index 23eaadfeb..aba4fd429 100644
--- a/tembo-cli/tests/integration_tests_docker.rs
+++ b/tembo-cli/tests/integration_tests_docker.rs
@@ -181,6 +181,45 @@ async fn vector() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn migrations() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
+    let root_dir = env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR");
+    let test_dir = PathBuf::from(root_dir)
+        .join("examples")
+        .join("migrations-1");
+
+    env::set_current_dir(&test_dir)?;
+
+    // tembo init
+    let mut cmd = Command::cargo_bin(CARGO_BIN)?;
+    cmd.arg("init");
+    cmd.assert().success();
+
+    // tembo context set --name local
+    let mut cmd = Command::cargo_bin(CARGO_BIN)?;
+    cmd.arg("context");
+    cmd.arg("set");
+    cmd.arg("--name");
+    cmd.arg("local");
+    cmd.assert().success();
+
+    // tembo apply
+    let mut cmd = Command::cargo_bin(CARGO_BIN)?;
+    cmd.arg("--verbose");
+    cmd.arg("apply");
+    cmd.assert().success();
+
+    // tembo delete
+    let mut cmd = Command::cargo_bin(CARGO_BIN)?;
+    cmd.arg("delete");
+    let _ = cmd.ok();
+
+    // check can't connect
+    assert!(assert_can_connect("migration-test".to_str()).await.is_err());
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn data_warehouse() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let instance_name = "data-warehouse";