Guide for Vercel AI SDK v5 implementation patterns including generateText, streamText, useChat hook, tool calling, embeddings, and MCP integration. Use when implementing AI chat interfaces, streaming responses, tool/function calling, text embeddings, or working with convertToModelMessages and toUIMessageStreamResponse.
Install
npx skills add wsimmonds/claude-nextjs-skills --skill vercel-ai-sdknpx skills add wsimmonds/claude-nextjs-skills --skill vercel-ai-sdk -a claude-code -gnpx skills add wsimmonds/claude-nextjs-skills --skill vercel-ai-sdk -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/wsimmonds/claude-nextjs-skills.git --path vercel-ai-sdkgh skill install wsimmonds/claude-nextjs-skills vercel-ai-sdkgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wsimmonds/claude-nextjs-skills /tmp/wsimmonds__claude-nextjs-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/wsimmonds__claude-nextjs-skills/vercel-ai-sdk ~/.claude/skills/vercel-ai-sdk # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/wsimmonds__claude-nextjs-skills/vercel-ai-sdk ~/.agents/skills/vercel-ai-sdk # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode