# How to Build an AI Chat App Interface With the Vercel AI SDK and Shadcn/ui

DevFeed: [How to Build an AI Chat App Interface With the Vercel AI SDK and Shadcn/ui](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-build-an-ai-chat-app-interface-with-the-vercel-ai-sdk-and-shadcn-ui-4335.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-build-an-ai-chat-app-interface-with-the-ai-sdk/>)

Author: Vaibhav Gupta

Published: 2026-09-11T16:21:29Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [freeCodeCamp Programming Tutorials: Python, JavaScript, Git & More](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/freecodecamp-programming-tutorials-python-javascript-git-more.md>)

Topics: [vercel ai sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vercel-ai-sdk.md>), [AI Chat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-chat.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [next-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/next-js.md>), [node](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [shadcn-ai-chat-app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shadcn-ai-chat-app.md>), [shadcn-ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shadcn-ui.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>), [tailwind](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tailwind.md>), [typescript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/typescript.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>), [vercel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vercel.md>), [vercel-ai-sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vercel-ai-sdk.md>)

## AI overview

Tutorial for building a streaming AI chat interface in Next.js with the Vercel AI SDK and shadcn/ui.

## Source excerpt

Every other AI product you open today has the same screen: a message list, a text box at the bottom, and words that stream in one token at a time. It looks simple, but it's not simple to build well. Y