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01 / Model the work
Make every asset traceable.
A dashboard is more than a gallery. It should answer who made an asset, from which brief, with what settings, and whether it is approved.
Ask Codex to map the workflow before it builds the interface: campaign brief → generation request → review → approved asset → export. Start with a small schema: campaign, prompt version, provider/model, request ID, status, output URL, reviewer, and created time. Store the prompt and the parameters needed to reproduce a result, but do not store credentials in the record.
Build a fast dashboard around those states: filter by campaign or status, open a detail view with the prompt and output, compare versions, and make approval an explicit human action. A generation that completed is not automatically a usable marketing asset; someone still needs to check the brief, rights, brand, crop, and factual claims.
- Use stable campaign and asset IDs.
- Track queued, generating, review, approved, rejected, and failed states.
- Keep a version history when a prompt or output changes.
02 / Connect with care
Treat provider calls like private server work.
Use the provider’s current API contract, keep its full credential on the server, and make generation an asynchronous job.
Higgsfield’s official API quick start currently documents authenticated requests with an Authorization: Key header and an asynchronous request/status flow. Before writing an adapter, open the live model catalog and copy the exact model path, input schema, and output behavior for the model your account can use. Model identifiers and parameters change; do not build against a guessed endpoint.
The browser should call your own authenticated server route, never Higgsfield directly with a private key. The server verifies the signed-in user and campaign access, validates a small allowlist of inputs, starts the job, and stores the returned request ID. Poll or receive status on the server side and update the row. Use bounded retries for transient failures, and expose a clear failed state rather than spinning forever.
- Credential: server-only environment variable, never NEXT_PUBLIC.
- Validate model, dimensions, duration, and spend limits server-side.
- Store provider request IDs and status; do not log secrets or private prompts.
03 / Review and deliver
Build the approval loop before the export button.
The last mile is where a promising generation becomes a dependable campaign asset.
Show a reviewer the brief beside the image or clip. Capture approval, rejection reason, and any required edit; keep originals immutable and write a new version instead of overwriting. For private assets, use access-controlled storage and short-lived signed links. Re-check ownership each time the app returns a file or updates a campaign.
Only approved assets should appear in the export queue. Export predictable sizes, include an accessible filename and alt-text field, and keep the source prompt and review history available. Launch with one campaign and a handful of real assets, then watch job failure rate, approval time, storage, and generation spend before widening access.
- Approval is a recorded decision, not just a green badge.
- Keep originals and revisions; permission-check every asset.
- Measure cost, wait time, failure rate, and review turnaround.
Make the hand-off visible.
One campaign goal, audience, channel, and visual constraint.
FINAL TEST / +25 XP
What belongs in the browser when connecting to a private generation API?
KEEP EXPLORING / SOURCE NOTES
An original dashboard architecture guide. Higgsfield API access and model schemas vary; verify the live official docs and your account’s permissions before implementation.
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