Does Novu run my AI SDK agent?

No. Novu Connect is the communication layer, the ACI, Agent Communication Infrastructure, bridge between your agent and Slack. You own the reasoning and the tools. We never run your brain, that is the whole point.

Can I keep using streamText and my model provider?

Yes. The bridge handler accepts the results your AI SDK code already produces, including streaming ones, and you can swap model providers at any time. Novu only carries the conversation to and from Slack.

How do I connect my AI agent to Slack?

Run npx novu connect --channel slack, or paste the prompt above into your coding agent. Novu Connect handles the Slack app, user identity, and two-way message routing so your agent code does not change when you add the channel.

Can the agent hold a two-way conversation in Slack, not just post alerts?

Yes. Novu Connect maps each Slack user to your agent and routes their replies back into the same thread, so the conversation is genuinely two-way with retries on delivery.

Vercel AI SDK + Slack

Connect your Vercel AI SDK agent to Slack

The Vercel AI SDK is the open-source TypeScript toolkit for building agents and AI apps on any model provider. Novu Connect gives it a voice in Slack, with a real two-way conversation and reliable delivery. Build the agent once, reach users where they already work.

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Connect your Vercel AI SDK agent to Slack with Novu Connect

What is Vercel AI SDK

The Vercel AI SDK gives developers one TypeScript API for agents: generateText and streamText, tool calling, structured output, and a provider layer for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq, and more. You write the agent loop in your own app and swap models without rewriting it. The AI SDK runs the agent. It does not carry the conversation to your users. That last mile, reaching a person in Slack and routing their reply back to your agent, is what Novu Connect adds.

One TypeScript API across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq, and more
Tool calling and structured output for real agent actions
generateText for full replies, streamText for streaming ones
Runs anywhere JavaScript runs, from Next.js to plain Node

Vercel AI SDK in Slack

Novu Connect is the communication layer, the ACI, Agent Communication Infrastructure, bridge between your AI SDK agent and Slack. Your agent keeps running in your app. Novu delivers its messages to Slack, maps each user, and forwards their replies back to your handler. We never run your agent's reasoning. That is the whole point.

One agent, Slack, resolved in the thread

Novu Connect lets an existing AI agent talk to users in Slack with two-way threaded replies, user identity mapping, and reliable delivery. Connect it with the command npx novu connect --channel slack. A nightly sync fails. Helix's agent diagnoses the cause, asks for approval, runs the fix, and confirms, all in the thread.

How to connect Vercel AI SDK to Slack

Keep your AI SDK agent
Your agent loop, tools, and prompts stay in your codebase exactly as they are. Novu Connect wraps the input and output, so your AI SDK logic does not change when you add Slack.
Connect the channel
Run npx novu connect --channel slack --runtime ai-sdk. The CLI scaffolds a bridge route in your app and connects Slack. You can also paste the prompt below into your coding agent and let it wire the bridge for you.
Wire the bridge handler
The CLI prints a requirements file with the bridge route and handler. Return your generateText or streamText result from the handler, and use toModelMessages to pass the Slack conversation history to your model.
Go live
Sign in to keep the agent live, then run your dev server. Your AI SDK agent now holds a two-way conversation in Slack, and the same agent can reach every other channel from one thread.

Every Vercel AI SDK connect command

$npx novu connect --channel slack --runtime ai-sdk

Prompt for your coding agent

Connect this project's Vercel AI SDK agent to Slack with Novu using instructions from https://novu.co/agents.md

Full setup for Vercel AI SDK lives in the Vercel AI SDK connect guide.

Vercel AI SDK and Slack, common questions

No. Novu Connect uses a custom-code bridge. Your AI SDK agent keeps running in your app. Novu forwards messages from Slack to your handler and routes replies back, so your agent code stays the same.

Connect your Vercel AI SDK agent to another channel

Same agent, built once. Pick where it talks next, and it holds one conversation across every channel.

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