Discussions

Threaded discussion boards scoped to users, products, and organizations.

Overview

The discussions feature provides threaded message boards throughout the platform. Threads can be scoped to a specific context (e.g. a product, an organization, or a general topic) and support nested replies.

Thread types

Type	Scope	Who can post
`GENERAL`	Platform-wide	All authenticated users
`PRODUCT`	Tied to a specific product	Suppliers and nonprofits involved with that product
`ORG`	Tied to an organization	Members of that organization + admins

Info: Moderation Admins can delete any message or thread. Suppliers and nonprofits can only delete their own posts.

Starting a new thread

Navigate to the Discussions page - Found at /discussion in the main navigation.
Click New Thread - Choose a thread type and optionally link it to a product or organization.
Write your message - The first message in the thread becomes the root post. Others can reply to it.

Creating a thread via server action

// src/app/discussion/actions.ts
'use server';
import { prisma } from '@/lib/prisma';
import { auth } from '@/lib/auth';

export async function createThread(title: string, body: string) {
  const session = await auth();
  if (!session?.user?.id) throw new Error('Unauthorized');

  return prisma.discussionThread.create({
    data: {
      title,
      posts: {
        create: { content: body, authorId: session.user.id },
      },
    },
  });
}

Warning: Cascade deletes Deleting a thread removes all posts within it. This is enforced at the database level via onDelete: Cascade in the Prisma schema.