Vercel AI SDK v6 Implementation Guide

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

• Implementing AI chat interfaces with useChat hook
• Creating API routes that generate or stream AI responses
• Building agentic applications with ToolLoopAgent
• Adding tool calling / function calling capabilities
• Generating structured output with Output.object(), Output.array(), etc.
• Generating text embeddings for semantic search or RAG
• Migrating from AI SDK v5 to v6
• Integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers
• Implementing middleware for caching, logging, or guardrails
• Building workflow patterns (sequential, parallel, routing, etc.)
• Working with streaming responses or message persistence

Structured Implementation Workflow