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Next.js + Vercel AI SDK.
Vercel AI SDK collapses the boilerplate of streaming AI responses in Next.js — useChat hook, tool calling, structured output.
CategoryAI integration
Best forAI chat apps
Why together · 01
Why this combo works.
streamText from any provider. useChat hook handles message state. Tool calling and structured outputs work uniformly across providers.
Setup
Install @ai-sdk/openai or @ai-sdk/anthropic + ai, use streamText in route handlers, useChat in client.
Gotchas
- Provider-agnostic but each provider has gotchas
- Tool execution is server-side
- Streaming UI requires React state coordination
- Tracing requires extra setup
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