> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://trigger.dev/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Using the Vercel AI SDK

> This example demonstrates how to use the Vercel AI SDK with Trigger.dev.

## Overview

The [Vercel AI SDK](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ai) is a simple way to use AI models from many different providers, including OpenAI, Microsoft Azure, Google Generative AI, Anthropic, Amazon Bedrock, Groq, Perplexity and [more](https://sdk.vercel.ai/providers/ai-sdk-providers).

It provides a consistent interface to interact with the different AI models, so you can easily switch between them without needing to change your code.

## Generate text using OpenAI

This task shows how to use the Vercel AI SDK to generate text from a prompt with OpenAI.

### Task code

```ts trigger/vercel-ai-sdk-openai.ts theme={"theme":"css-variables"}
import { logger, task } from "@trigger.dev/sdk";
import { generateText } from "ai";
// Install the package of the AI model you want to use, in this case OpenAI
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai"; // Ensure OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable is set

export const openaiTask = task({
  id: "openai-text-generate",

  run: async (payload: { prompt: string }) => {
    const chatCompletion = await generateText({
      model: openai("gpt-4-turbo"),
      // Add a system message which will be included with the prompt
      system: "You are a friendly assistant!",
      // The prompt passed in from the payload
      prompt: payload.prompt,
    });

    // Log the generated text
    logger.log("chatCompletion text:" + chatCompletion.text);

    return chatCompletion;
  },
});
```

## Testing your task

To test this task in the dashboard, you can use the following payload:

```json theme={"theme":"css-variables"}
{
  "prompt": "What is the meaning of life?"
}
```

## Learn more about Next.js and Trigger.dev

### Walk-through guides from development to deployment

> [card] [Next.js - setup guide](https://trigger.dev/docs/guides/frameworks/nextjs.md)
>
> Learn how to setup Trigger.dev with Next.js, using either the pages or app router.

> [card] [Next.js - triggering tasks using webhooks](https://trigger.dev/docs/guides/frameworks/nextjs-webhooks.md)
>
> Learn how to create a webhook handler for incoming webhooks in a Next.js app, and trigger a task from it.

### Task examples

> [card] [Fal.ai with Realtime in Next.js](https://trigger.dev/docs/guides/examples/fal-ai-realtime.md)
>
> Generate an image from a prompt using Fal.ai and Trigger.dev Realtime.

> [card] [Generate a cartoon using Fal.ai in Next.js](https://trigger.dev/docs/guides/examples/fal-ai-image-to-cartoon.md)
>
> Convert an image to a cartoon using Fal.ai.

> [card] [Vercel sync environment variables](https://trigger.dev/docs/guides/examples/vercel-sync-env-vars.md)
>
> Learn how to automatically sync environment variables from your Vercel projects to Trigger.dev.

> [card] [Vercel AI SDK](https://trigger.dev/docs/guides/examples/vercel-ai-sdk.md)
>
> Learn how to use the Vercel AI SDK, which is a simple way to use AI models from different
> providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Bedrock, Groq, Perplexity etc.


This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.