Adding Features to Your Tempo App

Tempo generates visual components only — no state management, data fetching, form handling, or business logic. Dynamic behavior, API integration, authentication gates, and user interactions require manual implementation

Wiring Tempo form components to react-hook-form with validation. Connecting Tempo list components to paginated API endpoints. Adding interactive state (hover, focus, active, disabled) to generated components. Implementing loading skeletons when data is fetching. Adding Framer Motion animations beyond what CSS handles

Almost every SaaS app needs payment processing. Stripe is the standard — it handles credit cards, subscriptions, invoices, and payouts. The key pieces: a checkout flow for collecting payment, webhooks to update your database when payments succeed or fail, and a customer portal for managing subscriptions. Tempo might generate a basic checkout page, but the webhook handling and subscription lifecycle management usually need to be built by hand.

Your app needs user accounts with secure login. The easiest options: NextAuth (for Next.js), Supabase Auth, or Clerk. These handle email/password login, social login (Google, GitHub), password resets, and session management. Don't build auth from scratch — the security implications are too complex for a first implementation.

Transactional emails — welcome emails, password resets, order confirmations — require an email service provider. Resend is the simplest to set up, SendGrid is the most established, and Amazon SES is the cheapest at scale. You'll need email templates, a sending service, and proper DNS configuration (SPF, DKIM) so your emails don't land in spam.

If a feature requires deep technical expertise (payment compliance, data privacy, real-time systems), it's faster and safer to get professional help than to iterate with AI tools. Our team adds features like these to Tempo apps every week — we know the patterns and the pitfalls.