Vercel AI SDK v5 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
• Adding tool calling / function calling capabilities
• Generating text embeddings for semantic search or RAG
• Migrating from AI SDK v4 to v5
• Integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers
• Working with streaming responses or message persistence

Structured Implementation Workflow