# tanstack-ai

Guides agents on TanStack AI patterns for text streaming, tool calling, and typed output in React or Solid.

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- Author: tanstack-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/tanstack-ai/skills/tanstack-ai/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-01-31
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## What it does

The skill provides syntax guides for the TanStack AI toolkit. It explains the core `generate()` call, async streaming, and structured schema parsing with Zod.

Packages are decoupled. You pair the base `@tanstack/ai` library with provider adapters for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or Ollama. Frontends connect via `@tanstack/ai-react`, `@tanstack/ai-solid`, or `@tanstack/ai-client`. PHP and Python packages are also supported.

The SDK is in alpha. APIs might change across versions. Every backend provider needs its own adapter package installed.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills --skill tanstack-ai -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/tanstack-ai/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/tanstack-ai/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills --skill tanstack-ai -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/tanstack-ai/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills --skill tanstack-ai -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/tanstack-ai/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills tanstack-ai
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/tanstack-ai/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills --skill tanstack-ai -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills --path plugins/tanstack-ai/skills/tanstack-ai
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/tanstack-ai/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills --skill tanstack-ai -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/tanstack-ai/skills/tanstack-ai/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- configure model streaming using the unified generate() function
- build conversational chat interfaces in React or Solid
- enforce typed outputs via Zod schema validation
- switch between OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and Ollama backends

## Example prompts
- Show how to set up useChat from @tanstack/ai-react with Anthropic
- Write an SSE streaming handler using createReplayStream
- Create a typed generate() query with a Zod schema

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: tanstack-ai
description: Provider-agnostic, type-safe AI SDK for streaming, tool calling, structured output, and multimodal content.
---


## Overview

TanStack AI is a modular, provider-agnostic AI SDK with tree-shakeable adapters for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama, and more. It provides streaming-first text generation, tool calling with approval workflows, structured output with Zod schemas, multimodal content support, and React hooks for chat/completion UIs.

**Core:** `@tanstack/ai`
**Vanilla Client:** `@tanstack/ai-client` (framework-agnostic)
**React:** `@tanstack/ai-react`
**Solid:** `@tanstack/ai-solid`
**Adapters:** `@tanstack/ai-openai`, `@tanstack/ai-anthropic`, `@tanstack/ai-gemini`, `@tanstack/ai-ollama`
**Languages:** TypeScript/JavaScript, PHP, Python
**Status:** Alpha

## Installation

```bash
npm install @tanstack/ai @tanstack/ai-react
# Or for framework-agnostic vanilla client:
npm install @tanstack/ai @tanstack/ai-client
# Provider adapters (install only what you need):
npm install @tanstack/ai-openai
npm install @tanstack/ai-anthropic
npm install @tanstack/ai-gemini
npm install @tanstack/ai-ollama
```

### PHP Installation

```bash
composer require tanstack/ai tanstack/ai-openai
```

### Python Installation

```bash
pip install tanstack-ai tanstack-ai-openai
```

## Core: generate()

```typescript
import { generate } from '@tanstack/ai'
import { openaiText } from '@tanstack/ai-openai/adapters'

const result = await generate({
  adapter: openaiText({ model: 'gpt-4o' }),
  messages: [
    { role: 'system', content: 'You are a helpful assistant.' },
    { role: 'user', content: 'Explain React hooks in 3 sentences.' },
  ],
})

// Streaming with async iteration
for await (const chunk of result) {
  process.stdout.write(chunk.text)
}
```

## Provider Adapters

```typescript
import { openaiText } from '@tanstack/ai-openai/adapters'
import { anthropicText } from '@tanstack/ai-anthropic/adapters'
import { geminiText } from '@tanstack/ai-gemini/adapters'
import { ollamaText } from '@tanstack/ai-ollama/adapters'

// OpenAI
const openai = openaiText({ model: 'gpt-4o' })

// Anthropic
const anthropic = anthropicText({ model: 'claude-sonnet-4-20250514' })

// Google Gemini
const gemini = geminiText({ model: 'gemini-pro' })

// Ollama (local)
const ollama = ollamaText({ model: 'llama3' })

// Runtime adapter switching
const adapter = process.env.AI_PROVIDER === 'anthropic' ? anthropic : openai
```

## React Hooks

### useChat

```tsx
import { useChat } from '@tanstack/ai-react'

function ChatUI() {
  const { messages, input, setInput, handleSubmit, isLoading } = useChat({
    adapter: openaiText({ model: 'gpt-4o' }),
  })

  return (
    <div>
      {messages.map((msg) => (
        <div key={msg.id}>
          <strong>{msg.role}:</strong> {msg.content}
        </div>
      ))}
      <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
        <input
          value={input}
          onChange={(e) => setInput(e.target.value)}
          placeholder="Type a message..."
        />
        <button type="submit" disabled={isLoading}>
          Send
        </button>
      </form>
    </div>
  )
}
```

### useCompletion

```tsx
````
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