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How to Build a Next.js Research Dashboard with Cursor and Synorb

When the target is a production Next.js dashboard, Cursor can inspect the repo and wire Synorb into the app's real server and UI patterns. The result is a cited research dashboard, not a static mockup.

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Build intent

What is this next.js research dashboard supposed to do?

A research dashboard should turn live external context into panels: latest updates, entity watchlists, topic trends, source queues, and cited cards that a user or agent can verify.

Route handler

Use a Next.js server route to call Synorb REST with credentials kept server-side.

Dashboard panels

Latest updates, watchlist hits, source queue, topic filters, and usage state.

Citation-first cards

Every card keeps source URL, date, tags, and stable IDs visible.

Cursor fit

Why does Cursor fit this build?

Cursor fits this intent because it can modify route handlers, server components, client components, shared types, and tests in one codebase-aware pass. Synorb provides the external context layer with citations intact.

Builder surface
Cursor builds the app layer
GoalNext.js research dashboard
OutputUI, routes, filters, states, and review workflow
Context layer
Synorb supplies source-grounded feeds
BuildMCP exploration where available
ShipREST from a backend route with server-side secrets
Starting scopes

Which Synorb feeds should this app start with?

Start narrow, prove the feed contract, then broaden coverage. These scopes give the coding agent concrete source-grounded examples to design against.

company research

Use Synorb Streams and source-linked feed records to test this scope with source URLs, dates, tags, and coverage caveats preserved.

policy research

Use Synorb Streams and source-linked feed records to test this scope with source URLs, dates, tags, and coverage caveats preserved.

statehouse streams

Use Synorb Streams and source-linked feed records to test this scope with source URLs, dates, tags, and coverage caveats preserved.

market intelligence feeds

Use Synorb Streams and source-linked feed records to test this scope with source URLs, dates, tags, and coverage caveats preserved.

source-grounded manifests

Use Synorb Streams and source-linked feed records to test this scope with source URLs, dates, tags, and coverage caveats preserved.

Architecture

Use the same safe data path.

1

Explore with an agent

If Cursor or your companion coding agent supports MCP, inspect Synorb Streams and source-linked examples before generating the app. Otherwise use the REST docs and the sample row shape in the prompt.

2

Call Synorb from the backend

The shipped app should call Synorb REST from a server route, scheduled job, webhook receiver, or server function. Keep SYNORB_API_KEY and SYNORB_SECRET out of browser code.

3

Show citations and coverage

Every card should preserve source URL, source name, published date, tags, and an honest empty or limited-results state when the selected scope has few results.

One-shot prompt

Paste this into Cursor.

This prompt is tuned to the build intent and keeps Synorb credentials server-side.

Next.js research dashboard prompt

Asks for the app surface, backend feed route, source-linked rows, safe credential handling, and transparent coverage states.

Use Cursor to build a Next.js research dashboard powered by Synorb. Inspect whether the app uses the App Router or Pages Router, existing data-fetching patterns, shared UI components, auth, and env handling. Create a server-only route such as app/api/synorb/research/route.ts that reads SYNORB_API_KEY and SYNORB_SECRET from server environment variables and calls POST https://api.synorb.com/streams/query. Build dashboard panels for Latest, Watchlist, Sources, Topics, and Alerts. Each item must include headline, summary, publishedDate, sourceUrl, sourceName, streamNames, tags, significance, and stable id. Add caching, load-more pagination, empty states, and error states. Add a setup note: curl -s https://synorb.com/connect.
FAQ

Questions builders ask.

Can Synorb power a Next.js research dashboard?

Yes. The recommended pattern is a server-side Next.js route that calls Synorb REST and returns normalized cited rows to dashboard components.

What should Cursor inspect before coding?

It should inspect routing, auth, env handling, fetch helpers, UI components, and existing test or lint conventions.

How do users verify a dashboard item?

Show the source URL, source name, published date, tags, and stable ID near every summary.

Should this dashboard use MCP in production?

No. Use MCP for agent exploration while building. Use REST from server-side code for the shipped dashboard.

Connect

Want to test Synorb feeds for free?

Provision starter credentials, then keep REST credentials server-side in the app you build.

curl -s https://synorb.com/connect
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