πŸ“± nextjs Γ— mobile-app

Ship mobile app on Next.js with sensible defaults.

Next.js is a TypeScript workable choice for mobile app. GreatCTO auto-detects both β€” adds the mobile-app archetype overlay, wires mobile-app-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 + mobile-app archetype from signals: imports, file structure, env vars, README hints.

2 Β· OVERLAY

Archetype pack

Attaches the mobile-app archetype overlay: IAP receipt validation, App Store / Play Store policy, push token security, privacy nutrition labels. 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: mobile-app
⚠ archetype + stack combo is unusual β€” review overlay manually
βœ“ 83 agents ready

$ /start "add in-app purchase verification"
β–Έ architect drafting ARCH-mobile-app.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 "in-app purchase verification" β€” auth first, schema validation, and the audit line the mobile-app reviewer requires before gate:ship opens.

// app/api/mobile-app/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:mobile-app: 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 handleMobileApp(body, user);
  await auditLog({ who: user.id, what: 'in-app purchase verification', confidence: result.confidence });
  return NextResponse.json(result);
}
Where this combo lands

What teams build with Next.js + the mobile-app overlay.

1

Consumer apps with IAP receipt validation.

2

B2B field apps with offline-first sync.

3

Apps with push pipelines and privacy nutrition labels.

⚠ Honest caveat

Next.js (TypeScript) is not a typical fit for mobile app. The archetype overlay still attaches, but you may want to override defaults more aggressively. Check the mobile-app 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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