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Build AI agents that call tools, stream responses, and self-correct.

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SKILL.md

The complete toolkit for building AI-powered features in Next.js and React. Covers tool calling, structured output with Zod, streaming UI with React Server Components, and multi-step autonomous agents.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when building AI-powered features in Next.js or React applications that need LLM integration.

  • Building chatbots or conversational interfaces
  • Implementing AI agents with tool calling
  • Streaming LLM responses to the UI
  • Generating structured data from natural language
  • Multi-step autonomous agent workflows

Core Capabilities

This skill covers the full Vercel AI SDK surface area, distilled into actionable patterns your agent can apply immediately.

  • useChat and useCompletion hooks for React
  • streamText and generateText server functions
  • Tool definitions with Zod schemas
  • Multi-step tool calling with maxSteps
  • Structured output with generateObject
  • Streaming UI with RSC and createStreamableUI

Best Practices

Follow these patterns for production-grade AI features.

  • Always validate tool inputs with Zod schemas
  • Use streaming for any response longer than a few sentences
  • Implement error boundaries around AI components
  • Set reasonable maxSteps limits to prevent infinite loops
  • Cache repeated LLM calls with unstable_cache