Vercel AI SDK, Next.js, and Anthropic (Claude) Chat Example

This example shows how to use the Vercel AI SDK with Next.js and Anthropic's Claude Model to create a Claude-like AI-powered streaming chat bot.

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How to use

Execute create-next-app with npm, Yarn, or pnpm to bootstrap the example:

npx create-next-app --example https://github.com/vercel/ai/tree/main/examples/next-anthropic next-anthropic-app
yarn create next-app --example https://github.com/vercel/ai/tree/main/examples/next-anthropic next-anthropic-app
pnpm create next-app --example https://github.com/vercel/ai/tree/main/examples/next-anthropic next-anthropic-app

To run the example locally you need to:

  1. Request a Claude API Key.
  2. Go to the Anthropic Console and create an API token.
  3. Set the required Anthropic environment variable as the token value as shown the example env file but in a new file called .env.local
  4. pnpm install to install the required dependencies.
  5. pnpm dev to launch the development server.

Learn More

To learn more about OpenAI, Next.js, and the Vercel AI SDK take a look at the following resources: