πŸ›‘οΈ nextjs Γ— insurance

Ship insurance / insurtech on Next.js with sensible defaults.

Next.js is a TypeScript workable choice for insurance / insurtech. GreatCTO auto-detects both β€” adds the insurance archetype overlay, wires insurance-specific gates, and runs 83 specialist agents around your existing Next.js workflow.

What changes when GreatCTO joins your Next.js project

Detection β†’ overlay β†’ gates β†’ reviewers.

1 Β· DETECT

Stack + archetype

GreatCTO reads your package.json and detects nextjs + insurance archetype from signals: imports, file structure, env vars, README hints.

2 Β· OVERLAY

Archetype pack

Attaches the insurance archetype overlay: archetype-specific reviewer + compliance gates. Override if your specifics differ; the defaults are sensible for Next.js-style projects.

3 Β· GATES

Next.js-aware reviewers

qa-engineer runs tsc --strict / eslint / vitest --coverage; security-officer checks for prototype pollution + XSS sinks; performance-engineer reviews bundle size + cold-start times.

4 Β· MEMORY

Cross-project lessons

Bugs you've hit before in other Next.js projects (connection-pool exhaustion, ORM N+1 queries, retry storms) β€” the agent's Step 0 includes the prior detection order. MTTR drops 94 % on second occurrence (methodology).

First 10 minutes

Concrete walkthrough.

$ cd my-nextjs-app && npx great-cto init
βœ“ scanning manifests… found package.json
βœ“ stack: nextjs (TypeScript)
βœ“ archetype: insurance
⚠ archetype + stack combo is unusual β€” review overlay manually
βœ“ 83 agents ready

$ /start "add insurance feature"
β–Έ architect drafting ARCH-insurance.md…
β–Έ pm decomposing into beads tasks…
⚐ gate:plan β€” your approval needed

Approve β†’ 3 senior-devs run in parallel worktrees β†’ 5 reviewers fan out in parallel β†’ gate:ship β†’ deploy. One real run walked stage-by-stage: /proof.

What ships

The first feature, Next.js-idiomatic.

This is the shape of what senior-dev drafts for "insurance feature" β€” auth first, schema validation, and the audit line the insurance reviewer requires before gate:ship opens.

// app/api/insurance/route.ts β€” drafted by senior-dev, reviewed by 5 agents
import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
import { requireAuth } from '@/lib/auth';      // security-officer: auth before handler
import { auditLog } from '@/lib/audit';        // gate:insurance: every decision logged

export async function POST(req: Request) {
  const user = await requireAuth(req);
  const body = await req.json();               // qa-engineer: zod schema enforced
  const result = await handleInsurance(body, user);
  await auditLog({ who: user.id, what: 'insurance feature', confidence: result.confidence });
  return NextResponse.json(result);
}
Where this combo lands

What teams build with Next.js + the insurance overlay.

1

Claims systems with NAIC model-act state matrices.

2

Pricing models audited for disparate impact.

3

Re-insurance reporting (bordereau) automation.

⚠ Honest caveat

Next.js (TypeScript) is not a typical fit for insurance / insurtech. The archetype overlay still attaches, but you may want to override defaults more aggressively. Check the insurance archetype page for the typical stack list and decide if your case is the right tool / right archetype.

Architecture

Every step of the pipeline, transparent.

No black-box "AI does it all" loop. GreatCTO is a deterministic state machine β€” 8 stages, 22 nodes, 2 human gates. Every node maps to a real agent on GitHub. Inspect the state machine β†’

Install

Next.js + GreatCTO in one command.

$ npx great-cto init

Free, MIT, runs locally. Built as a Claude Code plugin β€” install with one command.

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