Build a Real-Time Social Media App with InsForge, MiniMax, and Next.js

Introduction In this tutorial, we will build a full-stack social platform where users post, like, repost, follow each other, get real-time notifications, and chat with an in-app AI assistant. Here is what we will be building: A Next.js frontend with a real-time feed, post composer, profile pages, notifications, explore, and an AI chat screen InsForge as the backend platform, managing the database, auth, file storage, real-time pub/sub, and AI gateway from a single place MiniMax M2.7 via GitHub Copilot as the agent that builds the entire application through InsForge Agent Skills and MCP. Google Stitch for generating the design reference before the agent builds Deployment triggered from inside GitHub Copilot, with no manual steps outside the editor By the end, you will have a working social platform template you can fork and adapt to whatever you are building next. Let's get started. What Is InsForge InsForge is an open-source backend platform that bund