# Next Forge Inspiration Analysis - Features to Grab for TraceRTM

**Date**: 2025-11-22  
**Scope**: Next Forge features and architecture patterns applicable to TraceRTM

---

## PART 1: NEXT FORGE OVERVIEW

### What is Next Forge?

**Production-grade Turborepo template for Next.js apps**

**Key Features**:
- ✅ Monorepo structure (Turborepo)
- ✅ Multiple apps (app, api, web, docs, email, studio, storybook)
- ✅ Authentication (Clerk)
- ✅ Database & ORM (Prisma)
- ✅ Payments (Stripe)
- ✅ Analytics (PostHog, Google Analytics)
- ✅ Emails (React Email + Resend)
- ✅ Documentation (Markdown-based)
- ✅ Blog (Type-safe)
- ✅ Feature flags
- ✅ Dark mode
- ✅ Webhooks (Svix)
- ✅ Observability (Sentry)
- ✅ UI Components (shadcn/ui)
- ✅ Database Studio (Prisma Studio)
- ✅ Component Workshop (Storybook)

---

## PART 2: NEXT FORGE ARCHITECTURE

### Monorepo Structure

```
next-forge/
├── apps/
│   ├── app/              # Main SaaS application
│   ├── api/              # API microservice
│   ├── web/              # Marketing website
│   ├── docs/             # Documentation
│   ├── email/            # Email templates
│   ├── studio/           # Database editor
│   └── storybook/        # Component workshop
├── packages/
│   ├── ui/               # Shared UI components
│   ├── db/               # Database schema & ORM
│   ├── auth/             # Authentication logic
│   ├── api/              # API utilities
│   └── config/           # Shared configuration
└── turbo.json            # Turborepo configuration
```

### Key Insights

**1. Monorepo-First Approach**:
- ✅ Shared packages (ui, db, auth, api)
- ✅ Multiple apps (app, api, web, docs)
- ✅ Turborepo for build orchestration
- ✅ Shared dependencies

**2. Separation of Concerns**:
- ✅ App (SaaS application)
- ✅ API (Microservice)
- ✅ Web (Marketing)
- ✅ Docs (Documentation)
- ✅ Email (Email templates)
- ✅ Studio (Database editor)
- ✅ Storybook (Component workshop)

**3. Shared Packages**:
- ✅ UI components (shadcn/ui)
- ✅ Database schema (Prisma)
- ✅ Authentication logic
- ✅ API utilities
- ✅ Configuration

---

## PART 3: FEATURES APPLICABLE TO TRACERTM

### 1. Monorepo Structure (GRAB THIS!)

**Why**:
- ✅ Shared UI components (shadcn/ui)
- ✅ Shared database schema (Prisma)
- ✅ Shared authentication logic
- ✅ Shared API utilities
- ✅ Shared configuration

**For TraceRTM**:
```
tracertm/
├── apps/
│   ├── web/              # React SPA (Vite)
│   ├── api/              # Go backend
│   ├── docs/             # Documentation
│   ├── email/            # Email templates
│   └── storybook/        # Component workshop
├── packages/
│   ├── ui/               # Shared UI components (shadcn/ui)
│   ├── types/            # Shared TypeScript types
│   ├── config/           # Shared configuration
│   └── scripts/          # Shared scripts
└── turbo.json            # Turborepo configuration
```

### 2. Database Studio (GRAB THIS!)

**What**: Prisma Studio for visual database editing

**For TraceRTM**:
- ✅ Visual database editor
- ✅ View/edit items, links, agents
- ✅ Debug database state
- ✅ Test queries

**Implementation**:
```bash
# Add to package.json
"studio": "prisma studio"

# Run
npm run studio
```

### 3. Storybook Integration (GRAB THIS!)

**What**: Component workshop for isolated component development

**For TraceRTM**:
- ✅ Develop components in isolation
- ✅ Test components without full app
- ✅ Document component API
- ✅ Visual regression testing

**Components to add**:
- ItemCard
- LinkViewer
- GraphViewer
- NodeEditor
- CodeEditor
- QualityChecks
- ConflictResolver

### 4. Email Templates (GRAB THIS!)

**What**: React-based email templates with Resend

**For TraceRTM**:
- ✅ Invite emails
- ✅ Notification emails
- ✅ Digest emails
- ✅ Alert emails

**Example**:
```typescript
// emails/invite.tsx
export function InviteEmail({ inviteUrl }: { inviteUrl: string }) {
  return (
    <Html>
      <Body>
        <h1>You're invited to TraceRTM</h1>
        <p>Click the link below to join:</p>
        <Link href={inviteUrl}>Accept Invite</Link>
      </Body>
    </Html>
  );
}
```

### 5. Documentation Site (GRAB THIS!)

**What**: Markdown-based documentation with automatic generation

**For TraceRTM**:
- ✅ User guide
- ✅ API documentation
- ✅ Architecture guide
- ✅ Troubleshooting

### 6. Shared UI Components (GRAB THIS!)

**What**: shadcn/ui components in shared package

**For TraceRTM**:
- ✅ Consistent UI across apps
- ✅ Easy to update
- ✅ Type-safe

### 7. Webhooks Integration (GRAB THIS!)

**What**: Svix for webhook management

**For TraceRTM**:
- ✅ Jira webhooks
- ✅ GitHub webhooks
- ✅ Slack webhooks
- ✅ Teams webhooks

### 8. Feature Flags (GRAB THIS!)

**What**: Feature flag management

**For TraceRTM**:
- ✅ Beta features
- ✅ A/B testing
- ✅ Gradual rollout
- ✅ Kill switches

### 9. Analytics (GRAB THIS!)

**What**: PostHog + Google Analytics

**For TraceRTM**:
- ✅ User behavior tracking
- ✅ Feature usage
- ✅ Performance monitoring
- ✅ Error tracking

### 10. Observability (GRAB THIS!)

**What**: Sentry for error tracking

**For TraceRTM**:
- ✅ Error tracking
- ✅ Performance monitoring
- ✅ Release tracking
- ✅ Alerting

---

## PART 4: TRACERTM ADAPTED ARCHITECTURE

### Monorepo Structure (Adapted)

```
tracertm/
├── apps/
│   ├── web/              # React SPA (Vite)
│   │   ├── src/
│   │   │   ├── pages/    # 16 views
│   │   │   ├── components/
│   │   │   ├── hooks/
│   │   │   └── utils/
│   │   └── package.json
│   ├── api/              # Go backend
│   │   ├── cmd/
│   │   ├── internal/
│   │   ├── pkg/
│   │   └── go.mod
│   ├── docs/             # Documentation
│   │   ├── pages/
│   │   ├── components/
│   │   └── package.json
│   ├── email/            # Email templates
│   │   ├── templates/
│   │   └── package.json
│   └── storybook/        # Component workshop
│       ├── stories/
│       └── package.json
├── packages/
│   ├── ui/               # Shared UI components
│   │   ├── components/
│   │   ├── hooks/
│   │   └── package.json
│   ├── types/            # Shared TypeScript types
│   │   ├── api.ts
│   │   ├── domain.ts
│   │   └── package.json
│   ├── config/           # Shared configuration
│   │   ├── tailwind.config.ts
│   │   ├── tsconfig.json
│   │   └── package.json
│   └── scripts/          # Shared scripts
│       ├── db-seed.ts
│       └── package.json
├── turbo.json            # Turborepo configuration
├── package.json          # Root package.json
└── pnpm-workspace.yaml   # pnpm workspaces
```

### Turborepo Configuration

```json
{
  "tasks": {
    "build": {
      "outputs": ["dist/**"],
      "cache": false
    },
    "dev": {
      "cache": false,
      "persistent": true
    },
    "test": {
      "outputs": ["coverage/**"],
      "cache": false
    },
    "lint": {
      "outputs": [".eslintcache"],
      "cache": true
    },
    "type-check": {
      "cache": true
    }
  }
}
```

### Shared Packages

**packages/ui/**:
```typescript
// components/ItemCard.tsx
export function ItemCard({ item }: { item: Item }) {
  return (
    <div className="border rounded-lg p-4">
      <h3>{item.title}</h3>
      <p>{item.description}</p>
    </div>
  );
}
```

**packages/types/**:
```typescript
// api.ts
export interface Item {
  id: string;
  title: string;
  type: ItemType;
  description?: string;
  status: ItemStatus;
}

export interface Link {
  id: string;
  type: LinkType;
  source: string;
  target: string;
}
```

---

## PART 5: IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP

### Phase 1: Setup Monorepo

```bash
# Initialize Turborepo
npx create-turbo@latest tracertm

# Setup pnpm workspaces
pnpm install
```

### Phase 2: Create Shared Packages

```bash
# Create UI package
mkdir packages/ui

# Create types package
mkdir packages/types

# Create config package
mkdir packages/config
```

### Phase 3: Create Apps

```bash
# Create web app (Vite)
npm create vite@latest apps/web -- --template react-ts

# Create docs app
npm create next-app@latest apps/docs

# Create email app
npm create next-app@latest apps/email

# Create storybook
npx storybook@latest init --builder vite
```

### Phase 4: Add Features

```bash
# Add Storybook
npm run storybook

# Add email templates
npm install react-email resend

# Add documentation
npm install nextra nextra-theme-docs
```

---

## CONCLUSION

### ✅ FEATURES TO GRAB FROM NEXT FORGE

1. ✅ **Monorepo structure** (Turborepo)
2. ✅ **Shared packages** (UI, types, config)
3. ✅ **Database studio** (Prisma Studio)
4. ✅ **Storybook integration** (Component workshop)
5. ✅ **Email templates** (React Email + Resend)
6. ✅ **Documentation site** (Markdown-based)
7. ✅ **Webhooks** (Svix)
8. ✅ **Feature flags**
9. ✅ **Analytics** (PostHog)
10. ✅ **Observability** (Sentry)

### ✅ ADAPTED FOR TRACERTM

**Monorepo Structure**:
- apps/web (React SPA + Vite)
- apps/api (Go backend)
- apps/docs (Documentation)
- apps/email (Email templates)
- apps/storybook (Component workshop)
- packages/ui (Shared components)
- packages/types (Shared types)
- packages/config (Shared config)

**This gives us**:
- ✅ Organized codebase
- ✅ Shared components
- ✅ Shared types
- ✅ Easy to scale
- ✅ Easy to maintain
- ✅ Easy to test


