Building a Full-Featured AI Chatbot with Chat SDK
Intermediate
Web Development
Free

Building a Full-Featured AI Chatbot with Chat SDK

Deep dive into Vercel's Chat SDK (ai-chatbot) -- a production-ready Next.js template for building AI chatbot applications. Learn how it integrates the AI SDK, Auth.js, Neon Postgres, and artifact rendering into a cohesive, hackable architecture.

4 modules6 lessons2h 30m
6 Walkthroughs
SD

StackDive Team

Open Source Walkthrough Series

Free

6 lessons · 2h 30m

What you'll learn

Understand the full architecture of a production AI chatbot
Learn how the AI SDK streams chat completions with tool calling
See how Auth.js handles authentication with multiple providers
Understand how chat history is persisted to Neon Postgres via Drizzle
Learn the artifact/document system for rendering rich AI outputs
Know how to extend the template with custom tools and models

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Course content

4 modules · 6 lessons

Project Structure & Entry Points
Walkthrough
20 min

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with Next.js App Router
  • Basic understanding of React Server Components
  • General awareness of LLMs and chat interfaces

About the instructor

SD

StackDive Team

Open Source Walkthrough Series

StackDive guided walkthroughs help developers understand real-world open source codebases from the inside out.

Topics covered

nextjs
ai-sdk
chatbot
template
auth
postgres
vercel
Free course