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@assistant-ui/react-data-stream#

Data Stream protocol integration for @assistant-ui/react. Connects an assistant-ui runtime to any backend that speaks the AI SDK data-stream or UI-message-stream wire format.

Installation#

npm install @assistant-ui/react @assistant-ui/react-data-stream

Usage#

"use client";

import { AssistantRuntimeProvider } from "@assistant-ui/react";
import { useDataStreamRuntime } from "@assistant-ui/react-data-stream";

export function Provider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
  const runtime = useDataStreamRuntime({ api: "/api/chat" });

  return (
    <AssistantRuntimeProvider runtime={runtime}>
      {children}
    </AssistantRuntimeProvider>
  );
}

See also#

  • @assistant-ui/react-ai-sdk for direct Vercel AI SDK integration with frontend tool forwarding.
  • useCloudRuntime (also exported from this package) for managed thread persistence backed by assistant-cloud.

Full API reference at assistant-ui.com/docs/api-reference/integrations/react-data-stream.