Next Forge

name: next-forge
description: next-forge expert guidance — production-grade Turborepo monorepo SaaS starter by Vercel. Use when working in a next-forge project, scaffolding with `npx next-forge init`, or editing @repo/* workspace packages.
summary: "next-forge monorepo SaaS starter (Turborepo, Clerk, Prisma/Neon, Stripe, Resend, shadcn/ui, Sentry, PostHog). See => skill:next-forge for full guide."
metadata:
  priority: 6
  docs:
    - "https://next-forge.com/docs"
    - "https://github.com/haydenbleasel/next-forge"
  pathPatterns:
    - 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'
    - 'apps/app/**'
    - 'apps/web/**'
    - 'apps/api/**'
    - 'apps/email/**'
    - 'apps/docs/**'
    - 'apps/studio/**'
    - 'apps/storybook/**'
    - 'packages/auth/**'
    - 'packages/database/**'
    - 'packages/design-system/**'
    - 'packages/payments/**'
    - 'packages/email/**'
    - 'packages/analytics/**'
    - 'packages/observability/**'
    - 'packages/security/**'
    - 'packages/ai/**'
    - 'packages/cms/**'
    - 'packages/collaboration/**'
    - 'packages/feature-flags/**'
    - 'packages/internationalization/**'
    - 'packages/notifications/**'
    - 'packages/rate-limit/**'
    - 'packages/seo/**'
    - 'packages/storage/**'
    - 'packages/webhooks/**'
    - 'packages/next-config/**'
    - 'packages/typescript-config/**'
    - '**/keys.ts'
    - '**/env.ts'
    - '**/proxy.ts'
    - 'biome.jsonc'
  bashPatterns:
    - '\bnext-forge\b'
    - '\bnpx\s+next-forge\b'
    - '\bpnpm\s+migrate\b'
    - '\bpnpm\s+bump-deps\b'
    - '\bpnpm\s+bump-ui\b'
    - '\bprisma\s+(generate|db\s+push|format|studio)\b'
    - '\bstripe\s+listen\b'
    - '\bnpx\s+shadcn@latest\s+add\b.*-c\s+packages/design-system\b'
  importPatterns:
    - '@repo/auth'
    - '@repo/database'
    - '@repo/design-system'
    - '@repo/payments'
    - '@repo/email'
    - '@repo/analytics'
    - '@repo/observability'
    - '@repo/security'
    - '@repo/ai'
    - '@repo/cms'
    - '@repo/collaboration'
    - '@repo/feature-flags'
    - '@repo/internationalization'
    - '@repo/notifications'
    - '@repo/rate-limit'
    - '@repo/seo'
    - '@repo/storage'
    - '@repo/webhooks'
    - '@repo/next-config'
    - '@t3-oss/env-nextjs'
    - '@rescale/nemo'
  promptSignals:
    phrases:
      - 'next-forge'
      - 'next forge'
      - '@repo/'
    allOf:
      -
        - 'monorepo'
        - 'saas'
        - 'starter'
      -
        - 'turborepo'
        - 'clerk'
        - 'stripe'
    anyOf:
      - 'saas starter'
      - 'production monorepo'
      - 'keys.ts'
      - 'pnpm-workspace'
    noneOf:
      - 'create-t3-app'
    minScore: 6
validate:
  -
    pattern: '"pipeline"\s*:'
    message: 'turbo.json "pipeline" was renamed to "tasks" in Turborepo v2 — update to "tasks"'
    severity: error
  -
    pattern: 'new Pool\('
    message: 'PrismaNeon expects a connection config object, not a Pool instance — use PrismaNeon({ connectionString: url })'
    severity: error
    skipIfFileContains: 'pg\.Pool'
  -
    pattern: 'prisma studio --schema'
    message: 'Prisma v7 removed --schema flag for studio — use --config instead'
    severity: error
  -
    pattern: 'middleware\.ts'
    message: 'next-forge uses proxy.ts (Next.js 16+), not middleware.ts — rename to proxy.ts'
    severity: warn
    skipIfFileContains: 'proxy\.ts'
retrieval:
  aliases:
    - saas starter
    - monorepo starter
    - next forge
    - turborepo template
  intents:
    - scaffold saas
    - set up next-forge
    - create monorepo project
    - use next-forge
  entities:
    - next-forge
    - '@repo/*'
    - Turborepo
    - monorepo
    - SaaS starter
chainTo:
  -
    pattern: 'export\s+(default\s+)?function\s+middleware'
    targetSkill: routing-middleware
    message: 'middleware.ts detected in next-forge project — loading Routing Middleware guidance for proxy.ts migration.'
  -
    pattern: '@clerk/|clerkMiddleware|ClerkProvider|getAuth\(\)|auth\(\)'
    targetSkill: auth
    message: 'Clerk auth patterns in next-for