AI SDK v5 Best Practices

Comprehensive guide for building production-ready AI agents with Vercel AI SDK v5.

Core Principles

1. The No-Nonsense Approach (Vercel's Philosophy)

1. Prototype by hand → Understand the problem
2. Automate the loop → Let LLM handle decisions
3. Optimize for reliability → Add guardrails, fallbacks

Key insight: Use LLMs for judgment, plain code for deterministic logic.