--- title: Vercel Native + TanStack AI using AG-UI! | daily.dev description: A demo showcasing interoperability between Vercel's new native desktop SDK (built on Zig and XML) and TanStack AI, connected via the AG-UI protocol. The AG-UI... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vercel-native-tanstack-ai-using-ag-ui--srzu4wa2e twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Vercel Native + TanStack AI using AG-UI! | daily.dev og:description: A demo showcasing interoperability between Vercel's new native desktop SDK (built on Zig and XML) and TanStack AI, connected via the AG-UI protocol. The AG-UI... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vercel-native-tanstack-ai-using-ag-ui--srzu4wa2e og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/srZU4WA2E.png og:image:alt: Vercel Native + TanStack AI using AG-UI! 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. # Vercel Native + TanStack AI using AG-UI! **[Jack Herrington](https://daily.dev/sources/jherr)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A demo showcasing interoperability between Vercel's new native desktop SDK (built on Zig and XML) and TanStack AI, connected via the AG-UI protocol. The AG-UI spec standardizes how chat messages are exchanged between clients and servers over SSE, enabling a Zig-based desktop app to communicate seamlessly with a Node.js TanStack AI backend. The walkthrough covers the TanStack AI server setup with multi-provider support (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Ollama), the React useChat hook consuming AG-UI-formatted SSE streams, and the Zig client parsing AG-UI packets including tool calls for guitar recommendations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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