Building a polished AI chat UI from scratch? You really don’t have to.
The new AI Components (or “AI Elements” if you prefer your branding with extra seasoning) from the Vercel AI SDK give you a full set of production-ready, composable React bits — built specifically for LLM-powered apps.
So no, you don’t need to hand-roll scroll behaviour, markdown rendering, or input retries. That’s all baked in.
You get components like <Actions />, <PromptInput />, <OpenInChat />, <Artifact /> and much more, covering everything from chat input to message flows to rendering generated… stuff. Built on top of shadcn/ui, so you inherit modern theming, dark mode, keyboard shortcuts, clipboard support — the kind of UX defaults you usually have to fight for.
It’s all typed, themable, and plugs cleanly into
@ai-sdk/react. Dead easy to override if you don’t like the defaults.
Install it with:
npx shadcn@latest add
@ai-elements/actions
The real headline? This gives your AI UX a proper foundation — so you can move faster without cutting corners.
Would I use it? Depends. If you’re building AI features and not just demo toys, this is a very solid starting point.
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