In this lesson, we'll create a basic model and a basic server action to interact with our database. We'll start by creating a connection file to connect to our database inside our Next.js app. ## Create a basic model Now that we have our connection file set up, we can create a basic model. We'll create a model for a user. This is only an example, but will be a good starting point to understand how we structure our files and models. Create a file called user.ts in the models folder: