Does Novu run my AI SDK agent?

No. Novu Connect is the communication layer, the ACI, Agent Communication Infrastructure, bridge between your agent and WhatsApp. 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 WhatsApp.

How do I connect my AI agent to WhatsApp?

Connect WhatsApp from the Novu dashboard. Novu is an official Meta Business Partner, so the embedded signup lets you pick your business number and go live in about 5 minutes, then your agent talks to users through Novu Connect.

Do I need my own WhatsApp Business account?

Yes. WhatsApp requires a verified business account through Meta. Novu Connect handles the connection with embedded signup, so you log in once and Novu manages templates, delivery, and two-way routing after that.

Vercel AI SDK + WhatsApp

Connect your Vercel AI SDK agent to WhatsApp

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 WhatsApp, 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 WhatsApp 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 WhatsApp

Novu Connect is the communication layer, the ACI, Agent Communication Infrastructure, bridge between your AI SDK agent and WhatsApp. Your agent keeps running in your app. Novu delivers its messages to WhatsApp, 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, WhatsApp, resolved in the thread

Novu Connect puts an existing AI agent on WhatsApp with secure two-way conversations, approved message templates, and delivery receipts. Novu is an official Meta Business Partner, so WhatsApp is working in about 5 minutes. A shopper asks where their order is. The agent finds the delay, offers options with quick replies, reroutes to a pickup point, and confirms.

How to connect Vercel AI SDK to WhatsApp

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 WhatsApp.
Connect the channel
Run npx novu connect --channel whatsapp --runtime ai-sdk. The CLI scaffolds a bridge route in your app and connects WhatsApp. 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 WhatsApp 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 WhatsApp, and the same agent can reach every other channel from one thread.

Every Vercel AI SDK connect command

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

Prompt for your coding agent

Connect this project's Vercel AI SDK agent to WhatsApp 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 WhatsApp, common questions

No. Novu Connect uses a custom-code bridge. Your AI SDK agent keeps running in your app. Novu forwards messages from WhatsApp 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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