Project Setup

In this session, we'll be exploring the fundamentals of the Vercel AI SDK.

Let's start by setting up our project.

Clone the following repository locally.

git clone https://github.com/nicoalbanese/build-an-ai-app-starter-dec-24.git
cd build-an-ai-app-starter-dec-24

Install packages using your preferred package manager.

npm install

Copy the .env.example and rename it to .env.

cp .env.example .env

Add your OpenAI API Key to your .env file.

OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-*****-*************"

Run the following command in your terminal.

npx tsx env-check.ts

You should see your OpenAI API Key outputted to the terminal.

Great! You are now ready to go!