vercel__chat/packages/chat

chat

Core SDK for building multi-platform chat bots. Provides the Chat class, event handlers, JSX card runtime, emoji helpers, and type-safe message formatting.

Installation

npm install chat

Usage

import { Chat } from "chat";
import { createSlackAdapter } from "@chat-adapter/slack";
import { createRedisState } from "@chat-adapter/state-redis";

const bot = new Chat({
  userName: "mybot",
  adapters: {
    slack: createSlackAdapter({
      botToken: process.env.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN!,
      signingSecret: process.env.SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET!,
    }),
  },
  state: createRedisState({ url: process.env.REDIS_URL! }),
});

bot.onNewMention(async (thread) => {
  await thread.subscribe();
  await thread.post("Hello! I'm listening to this thread.");
});

bot.onSubscribedMessage(async (thread, message) => {
  await thread.post(`You said: ${message.text}`);
});

AI coding agent support

If you use an AI coding agent like Claude Code, you can teach it about Chat SDK:

npx skills add vercel/chat

Documentation

Full documentation is available at chat-sdk.dev/docs.

• Usage — event handlers, threads, messages, channels
• Chat API — full Chat class reference
• Cards — JSX-based interactive cards
• Streaming — AI SDK integration
• Emoji — cross-platform emoji helpers

License

MIT