--- title: TanStack AI Alpha 2: Every Modality, Better APIs,... description: TanStack AI's second alpha release restructures the library away from monolithic per-provider adapters toward modality-specific imports (e.g. openaiText,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tanstack-ai-alpha-2-every-modality-better-apis-smaller-bundles-76mndd7fu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: TanStack AI Alpha 2: Every Modality, Better APIs, Smaller Bundles | daily.dev og:description: TanStack AI's second alpha release restructures the library away from monolithic per-provider adapters toward modality-specific imports (e.g. openaiText,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/tanstack-ai-alpha-2-every-modality-better-apis-smaller-bundles-76mndd7fu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/76MNDD7Fu.png og:image:alt: TanStack AI Alpha 2: Every Modality, Better APIs, Smaller Bundles og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # TanStack AI Alpha 2: Every Modality, Better APIs, Smaller Bundles **[TanStack](https://daily.dev/sources/tanstack-blog)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary TanStack AI's second alpha release restructures the library away from monolithic per-provider adapters toward modality-specific imports (e.g. openaiText, openaiImage, openaiVideo), enabling smaller bundles, faster incremental feature rollout, and simpler adapter maintenance (down to 3 type generics from 7). Breaking API changes include replacing the adapter+model pattern with a single typed call like openaiText('gpt-4'), renaming providerOptions to modelOptions, moving shared settings like temperature to the root config, and dropping the Zod-only constraint in favor of Standard Schema support for tools and structured outputs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I migrate my TanStack AI chat call from the old openai() adapter to the new alpha 2 API? Replace adapter: openai() with model: 'gpt-4' set separately with the combined adapter: openaiText('gpt-4') call, which gives immediate typesafety. Also rename providerOptions to modelOptions (nested under a modality key like text: {}), and move settings like temperature out of a nested options object to the root of the chat config. _Track breaking API changes like this TanStack AI migration path on daily.dev before they hit your build._ ### Why did TanStack AI split its provider adapters by modality instead of keeping one adapter per provider? Splitting adapters by modality (openaiText, openaiImage, openaiVideo, etc.) lets a small team add new capabilities incrementally without touching every provider at once, keeps each adapter's type generics down to 3 instead of 7, lets developers import only the modalities they use for smaller bundles, and makes third-party contributions faster to review and merge. _Compare AI SDK architecture tradeoffs like this one on daily.dev when picking a library for a multimodal integration._ ### Does TanStack AI still require Zod for tools and structured outputs? No, TanStack AI alpha 2 drops the Zod-only constraint and adds Standard Schema support, letting developers bring their own schema validation library for tools and structured outputs instead of being locked into Zod. _Keep up with schema validation flexibility changes like this on daily.dev while building AI tooling._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [TanStack Releases Framework Agnostic AI Toolkit](https://daily.dev/posts/tanstack-releases-framework-agnostic-ai-toolkit-j747yitl6) · InfoQ · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [TanStack Adds Framework-Agnostic AI Toolkit](https://daily.dev/posts/tanstack-adds-framework-agnostic-ai-toolkit-osqcmpmfc) · The New Stack · 18 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript), [#tanstack](https://daily.dev/tags/tanstack) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/tanstack-ai-alpha-2-every-modality-better-apis-smaller-bundles-76mndd7fu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"TanStack AI Alpha 2: Every Modality, Better APIs, Smaller Bundles","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/tanstack-ai-alpha-2-every-modality-better-apis-smaller-bundles-76mndd7fu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/tanstack-ai-alpha-2-every-modality-better-apis-smaller-bundles-76mndd7fu"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:22:25.612Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:47:28.510Z","description":"TanStack AI's second alpha release restructures the library away from monolithic per-provider adapters toward modality-specific imports (e.g. openaiText,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/fe5e6e4fe4358843d20f28cbc8803b39?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/fe5e6e4fe4358843d20f28cbc8803b39?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TanStack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TanStack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--TVIrvIT7--/f_auto,q_auto/v1787487634/logos/tanstack-blog?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tanstack-blog"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/tanstack-ai-alpha-2-every-modality-better-apis-smaller-bundles-76mndd7fu","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"architecture,typescript,tanstack","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TanStack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tanstack-blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"TanStack AI Alpha 2: Every Modality, Better APIs, Smaller Bundles"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/tanstack-ai-alpha-2-every-modality-better-apis-smaller-bundles-76mndd7fu#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I migrate my TanStack AI chat call from the old openai() adapter to the new alpha 2 API?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Replace adapter: openai() with model: 'gpt-4' set separately with the combined adapter: openaiText('gpt-4') call, which gives immediate typesafety. 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