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Build a Next.js app with an AI coding agent
Next.js work is more than generating a page. The repository may combine server and client components, route handlers, caching, metadata, tests, and provider configuration. Xroga works from that real project context and reports the checks it can prove.
Reviewed against official sources · 2026-09-11
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Start from the repository contract
Identify the package manager, Next.js version, routing model, TypeScript settings, lint and test commands, deployment target, and local project instructions before editing. Framework conventions are evidence, not permission to overwrite the project’s own architecture.
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Keep server and client boundaries deliberate
Prefer server-rendered content for public pages and introduce client components only where interaction needs browser state. Keep secrets and privileged provider operations on trusted server paths.
- Avoid turning an entire route into a client component for one control
- Treat route handlers as public API boundaries
- Keep metadata and canonical URLs aligned with the rendered page
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Validate the production behavior
Run the repository’s declared checks and a production build. Then verify representative routes, runtime configuration, narrow layouts, keyboard behavior, and browser errors. A successful code generation step is not proof that the deployed application works.
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Ship through accounts you control
Source control and hosting remain explicit external systems. Xroga can prepare and validate changes, but a deployment is only live when the authorised provider returns a production URL and the resulting site passes a direct check.
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