Deploy an AI-Ready Stack: Next.js 14 + Strapi 5 + Prisma + PostgreSQL on Railway

Agentic Agent Development: Primer Context

This project also serves as a primer for Agentic Agent Development, helping developers understand how production-grade tooling overlaps with real-world AI agent systems.

This project introduces critical backend infrastructure and frontend scaffolding that would be used as part of a real-world Agentic Agent system in production.

OVERVIEW

You’re working with an enterprise-style fullstack project that consists of:

A frontend built with Next.js 14 App Router using modern architecture practices (Vertical Slice, RHF + Zod, Zustand, etc.)

A backend powered by Strapi 5 with custom routing/controllers, integrated with Prisma ORM, and backed by a PostgreSQL database.

Fullstack Interaction + Object Flow

Frontend → API → Backend → DB

• ContactForm.tsx submits form input

• useContactForm.ts (custom hook) manages validation and mutation logic

• zodResolver transforms raw form values into structured objects

• RHF form submits → triggers services/contact.ts for API call

• API hits /api/contact → mapped via Strapi’s routes/_contact.ts

• Controller (controllers/contact.ts) parses payload

• DTO class ensures incoming structure matches schema

• Service (services/contact.ts) receives clean payload

• Uses Prisma client to execute .contact.create()

• PostgreSQL persists data

• Confirmation sent back up the stack

• DevDebugPanel logs RHF context for live debug

DETAILED LAYER INTERACTION

Frontend Form Submission

• User submits ContactForm.tsx

• Triggers useContactForm.ts logic

• Zod schema validates ➝ produces typed payload

• Hits services/contact.ts ➝ fetch to /api/contact

• Frontend Form Submission

• User submits ContactForm.tsx

• Triggers useContactForm.ts logic

• Zod schema validates ➝ produces typed payload
• Hits services/contact.ts ➝ fetch to /api/contact

API Layer (Backend)

• /api/contact mapped in routes/_contact.ts

• Routes to controller/contact.ts

Controller Layer

• Receives request via ctx.request.body

• Passes to DTO ➝ structure enforced

Service Layer

• services/contact.ts handles business logic

• Calls strapi.db.client.contact.create(...)

Database Layer

• Prisma client interacts with PostgreSQL

• Data persisted

Admin Interface

• Saved record shows up in Strapi Admin Panel

FREE Source Code available to clooe on GitHub : https://github.com/hsimrat/techtechscriptaid-strapi5-backend.git

Youtube Video Link : https://youtu.be/wySsJymOUe0