Hey everyone! 👋
We’ve rolled out a major architectural update to NextBlock CMS to solve what we call the "Day 2 Maintenance Problem" of prompt-built websites.
Prompting a landing page into existence with tools like Lovable or v0 takes seconds, but the moment a copywriter or marketing teammate needs to tweak a headline or publish an update, someone has to re-prompt an LLM or edit raw code. NextBlock bridges that gap by letting AI generate the initial build while leaving you with an operational visual CMS for everyday edits.
⚡ What’s New & How It Works
- Zero-Config 1-Click Deploy: You can deploy the complete stack (Next.js 16 App Router + Supabase) directly to Vercel in under 60 seconds with automated database orchestration.
- Bring Your Own AI Subscription via MCP: Instead of paying marked-up token subscriptions, NextBlock exposes an open Model Context Protocol (MCP) endpoint at
/api/mcp. Point your existing Claude Code, Cursor, or ChatGPT subscriptions to your live site or localhost to scaffold pages, generate components, and mutate layouts. - Visual CMS for Everyday Updates: AI-generated blocks write directly as structured PostgreSQL JSONB. Non-technical teammates can open the dashboard and make copy edits, swap images, or rearrange layouts using a Notion-style visual Tiptap editor—zero code redeploys required.
- React Server Component Performance: Because content is stored as JSONB rather than raw HTML strings, Server Components render the layout tree recursively with zero sanitization lag, maintaining default 100/100 Lighthouse performance.
🧪 30-Day Free Trial
The core CMS framework is free and open-source. We've introduced a 30-day free trial for our AI capabilities so anyone can connect their local or remote IDE agents and test the prompt-to-CMS workflow with zero commitment.
❓ Inquiry for the Vercel DX / Templates Team
We've received great feedback on our automated 1-click Vercel deployment pipeline and would love to make this available to more developers.
What is the current process or criteria for community open-source starters to be reviewed for the official Vercel Starter Templates Gallery? We’d love to verify that our repository metadata, deployment hooks, and structure meet all ecosystem standards.
🔗 Links
- Live Sandbox: https://nextblock.dev
- GitHub Repository: https://github.com/nextblock-cms/nextblock
- 1-Click Deploy: https://vercel.com/new/clone?repository-url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnextblock-cms%2Fnextblock&integration-ids=oac_VqOgBHqhvvqGe2YujqqiW0wo
Would love to get your feedback on our MCP schema design and RSC block rendering! 🧱
