INFRASTRUCTURE

What it needs

• Compute: verified (Apps run in isolated x86_64 Firecracker microVMs that auto-pause when idle and wake on request; sizes are the priced VM sizes.)
• Postgres: verified (Managed PostgreSQL 16 runs in its own microVM and is auto-provisioned when an app needs a database and no DATABASE_URL is supplied.)
• S3-compatible object storage: verified (Buckets are S3-compatible with issued credentials; PutObject and GetObject are verified by canary. Other S3 operations are not verified.)

Before you start

• A Next.js project (next build then next start -H 0.0.0.0 -p $PORT on the node-22 template)
• A PostgreSQL driver reading DATABASE_URL (auto-provisioned when omitted)
• Bucket credentials from ample bucket create passed as encrypted S3_* environment variables
• A review of which management consultancies data classes may be handled at all; this blueprint models public information only

Exactly what was tested

• build: npm run build --if-present
• install: npm install
• runtime: node
• size: s-1vcpu-1gb
• start: npm run start
• template: node-22

How to do it

1. Model the management consultancies domain

   Create the tables client_entities, engagements, workstreams, deliverables, document_access. Client organizations live in client_entities; keep the sensitive classes (client strategy documents, financial models, interview notes) 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

   ample deploy . --name <app-name> --public --env S3_ENDPOINT=... --env S3_REGION=... --env S3_BUCKET=... --env S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=... --env S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=...

6. Verify

   Run the pattern self-test(s) from the example (/p/private-document-library) and your own acceptance checks for the management consultancies workflow.

   ample logs <deployment_id> --kind build

Tested examples

• Next.js pattern fixture (tests/deploy-canaries/next-js-patterns): Verified private document library basis for this blueprint.

How to know it worked

• app responds on its public URL (/ on the live URL, expect ample canary next js patterns)
• private-document-library self-test from the example (/p/private-document-library on the live URL, expect to see the pattern fixture checks)

Know the limits

• The technical basis (private document library on Next.js) was verified with the pattern fixture; the management consultancies 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. Client strategy material is confidential; authorization is modeled per engagement, and no compliance claim is made.
• Public content and synthetic examples only until actual data-handling requirements have been reviewed.
• Verified on the node-22 template at s-1vcpu-1gb; region, request-duration limits and other sizes are unknown or unverified.
• Managed PostgreSQL 16 only; extensions, connection limits, and backup or restore procedures are not verified.
• PutObject and GetObject with path-style addressing are verified; other S3 operations and CDN cache rules are not.

Cost estimate

Estimated 10.00 USD per month (size prices from pricing.toml at build revision a1b8c38919e59cd035ebabaced73cf84ece24371).

• app server x1 s-1vcpu-1gb: 5.00 USD
• managed PostgreSQL database x1 s-1vcpu-1gb: 5.00 USD

Always-on monthly price of the tested sizes; apps and databases auto-pause when idle. Buckets are allocation-priced per quota and not included.

Verification evidence

• canary_run on 2026-09-21T02:34:39Z at revision 1d28ae0-dirty (CLI 0.1.21): Next.js pattern fixture deployed on Ample (next build then next start -H 0.0.0.0 -p $PORT on the node-22 template); the private document library checks passed: 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). The blueprint's Management consultancies schema and workflow below build on that verified basis and were not separately executed. (expires 2027-03-20T02:34:39Z)

Execution binding

MCP tool ample_deploy (registry mcp:ample_deploy), schema hash 876465fce906da0c observed 2026-09-21T03:19:59.461917+00:00 at revision 49962bcade4f. Binding state at export: current. Required scopes: servers:write, databases:read, buckets:read.

Typed next actions

• Browse the catalog index (GET /v1/catalog on the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)
• Search published recipes by intent, stack, and constraints (POST /v1/catalog/search on the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)
• Prepare a side-effect-free deployment plan for an authorized project (POST /v1/catalog/plan on the api origin; authentication required, approval not required)
• Read the existing agent authentication setup (GET /mcp/setup on the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)
• Browse Management consultancies (GET /v1/catalog/nodes/industry%3Amanagement-consultancies on the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)
• Browse Client portal (GET /v1/catalog/nodes/workload%3Aclient-portal on the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)
• Browse Next.js (GET /v1/catalog/nodes/stack%3Aframework-next-js on the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)
• Browse Deploy web app (GET /v1/catalog/nodes/intent%3Adeploy-web-app on the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)

Actions describe possible next steps. They are typed data, not commands, and grant no permission. Public discovery never provisions anything; planning requires your own authenticated token and approval happens in your client.