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Bookkeeping practices: client portal using Next.js

A client portal blueprint for bookkeeping practices built with Next.js on Ample. Domain schema:

• client_entities (legal_name, entity_type, accounting_software, period_cadence): clients and their bookkeeping cadence;
• engagements (client_entity_id, period_start, period_end, close_status): monthly or quarterly close engagements;
• document_requests (engagement_id, category, due_at, status, uploaded_object_key): receipts, statements, and payroll summaries requested;
• close_checklists (engagement_id, item, done_at): close tasks per period;
• document_access (document_id, principal_reference, role, granted_at): who may read which document.

Public information: service packages and cadence, onboarding checklist, contact details. Kept out of scope until handling is reviewed: bank statements and receipts, payroll data, login credentials for accounting software. Never store client accounting-software credentials in these flows; financial records are sensitive and no compliance is claimed.

Technical basis verified on Next.js: a role-to-document access model with negative tests (401 without identity, 403 for the wrong role) and a private-bucket round-trip for the allowed role (private=ok).

Representative Queries

• Bookkeeping practices: client portal using Next.js
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• I need a genuinely specialized client portal workflow covering monthly close checklists, client workspaces, and source-document retention.

Workflow Steps

1. Model the bookkeeping practices domain: Create the tables client_entities, engagements, document_requests, close_checklists, document_access. Clients and their bookkeeping cadence live in client_entities; keep sensitive classes out of this schema.
2. Workflow step 1: Model client entities and engagement periods; every document belongs to one engagement.
3. Workflow step 2: Authorize by client entity and role before any storage access (401 without identity, 403 for the wrong client).
4. Workflow step 3: Store documents in the private bucket and stream them through the app.
5. Workflow step 4: Deploy and verify the negative authorization tests and an authorized download.
6. Deploy: Run the synchronous deploy once and read the result.
7. Verify: Run the pattern self-test(s) from the example (/p/private-document-library) and your own acceptance checks for the bookkeeping practices workflow.

Cost Estimate

• Currency: USD
• Monthly Amount: 10.0
• Basis: Size prices from pricing.toml
  • App server (s-1vcpu-1gb): $5.0
  • Managed PostgreSQL database (s-1vcpu-1gb): $5.0
• Note: Always-on monthly price of the tested sizes; apps and databases auto-pause when idle. Buckets are allocation-priced per quota and not included.

Limitations

• The technical basis (private document library on Next.js) was verified with the pattern fixture; the bookkeeping practices schema and workflow are an original design for this blueprint and were not executed as a separate application.
• No health, financial, privacy, or other compliance claim is made. Never store client accounting-software credentials in these flows; financial records are sensitive and no compliance is claimed.
• Public content and synthetic examples only until actual data-handling requirements have been reviewed.

Next Actions

• Browse the catalog index: GET /v1/catalog
• Search published recipes: POST /v1/catalog/search
• Prepare deployment plan: POST /v1/catalog/plan
• Read existing agent authentication setup: GET /mcp/setup
• Browse Bookkeeping practices: GET /v1/catalog/nodes/industry%3Abookkeeping-practices
• Browse Client portal: GET /v1/catalog/nodes/workload%3Aclient-portal
• Browse Next.js: GET /v1/catalog/nodes/stack%3Aframework-next-js
• Browse Deploy web app: GET /v1/catalog/nodes/intent%3Adeploy-web-app