ai and rivet
These are complements: Vercel AI is a TypeScript framework for building AI applications programmatically, while Rivet is a visual node-based IDE that can generate or integrate with TypeScript code, allowing developers to design AI workflows visually and export them for use in applications built with frameworks like Vercel AI.
About ai
vercel/ai
The AI Toolkit for TypeScript. From the creators of Next.js, the AI SDK is a free open-source library for building AI-powered applications and agents
Supports structured output generation with Zod schemas, streaming responses, and agentic workflows using tool-calling patterns. Routes through Vercel's AI Gateway by default for unified access to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and other providers, while allowing direct SDK connections. Provides framework-agnostic React hooks and UI primitives for building chatbots and generative interfaces across Next.js, React, Svelte, Vue, and Node.js runtimes.
About rivet
Ironclad/rivet
The open-source visual AI programming environment and TypeScript library
Provides graph-based workflow composition for multi-step LLM tasks with support for OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, and AssemblyAI models, plus vector database integrations like Pinecone. Rivet Core (available as `@ironclad/rivet-core` and `@ironclad/rivet-node` on NPM) enables embedding graphs in applications and bidirectional calls between Rivet and application code. The desktop IDE visualizes agent logic while the TypeScript runtime executes those workflows programmatically.
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