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Introducing Chatbot Template

Vercel just made it 10x faster to ship ChatGPT-style apps. Here's what changed.

Reporting by Vercel Blog 1 min brief
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Why it matters

Vercel's new Chatbot Template and renamed Chat SDK lower the barrier for developers to build production-ready conversational AI across Slack, Teams, GitHub, and Discord—accelerating the app-layer AI economy.

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9 to know

  1. Chat SDK renamed to AI SDK

  2. Chatbot Template launched for production-ready conversational AI apps

  3. Template supports deployment across Slack, Teams, GitHub, Discord

  4. Unified language for chatbots across multiple platforms

  5. Positioned as alternative to ChatGPT/Claude artifacts

  6. New production-ready Chatbot Template released

  7. Template supports multiple platforms: Slack, Teams, GitHub, Discord

  8. Designed for ChatGPT/Claude-style conversational applications

  9. Published April 9, 2025

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Publisher excerpt: Chat SDK has been renamed to , and a is now available to provide a unified language for chat bots across Slack, Teams, GitHub, and Discord.Update:Chatbot templatenew Chat SDK The powers across the web, and today we're announcing the —a best-in-class, production-ready template for building…
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