Management system

A general administrative system for tracking records: create, view, edit, and search entities, with staff roles controlling who may do what, plus reporting over the data held.

You can change every choice once the builder opens.

Core features for the MVP

Create, view, edit, and archive records
List views with search, filtering, sorting, and pagination
User accounts with roles that control access
Audit trail of who changed what and when
Reports and exports over the stored data
Bulk import from an existing spreadsheet

Left for later

Custom fields defined by administrators
Scheduled report delivery by email
A public read-only view for selected records

Recommended stack

Section	Recommended
Language	TypeScript
Frontend framework	Next.js
UI and styling	Tailwind CSSshadcn/ui
Backend	Next.js server
API style	Server actions
Database engine	PostgreSQL
Database provider	Neon
ORM and data access	Drizzle
Authentication	Clerk
Authorization and roles	Role-based access control
Security	Input validationRate limitingSecurity headers and CSPSecrets managementAudit logs
File storage	AWS S3
Hosting and deployment	Vercel
CI/CD	GitHub Actions
Monitoring and analytics	Sentry
Testing	VitestPlaywright
Extras	CSV and Excel import/exportAccessibility (WCAG)BackupsDocumentation

Data model draft

User

A staff member who signs in to the system.

id
email
fullName
role
isActive
createdAt

Has many AuditEntries
Has many Records as owner

Record

The main entity the system manages, renamed to suit the domain.

id
reference
title
status
ownerId
createdAt
updatedAt

Belongs to one User as owner
Has many Attachments

Attachment

A file attached to a record.

id
recordId
fileName
storageKey
sizeBytes
uploadedById

Belongs to one Record
Belongs to one User as uploader

AuditEntry

One change made to a record, kept for accountability.

id
recordId
userId
action
changedFields
createdAt

Belongs to one Record
Belongs to one User