Azure AI + Vercel AI SDK RAG Template

A Next.js application, powered by the Vercel AI SDK, that uses retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to reason and respond with information outside of the model's training data.

Features

• Information retrieval and addition through tool calls using the streamText function
• Real-time streaming of model responses to the frontend using the useChat hook
• Vector embedding retrieval with Azure AI Search using embeddings from Azure OpenAI
• Generative text streaming with Azure OpenAI
• Animated UI with Framer Motion

Getting Started

To get the project up and running, follow these steps:

1. Install dependencies:

   npm install

2. Copy the example environment file:

   cp .env.example .env

3. Create prerequisite resources in Azure AI:

• Azure AI Search index
  • Optionally create a semantic search configuration and include vector fields in the index

Note: create a vector search index via REST API or within Azure Portal)

• Azure OpenAI Chat model
• Azure OpenAI Embedding model, if using vector search

Note: see available Azure OpenAI models here and deploy them using this guide

4. Add your Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search variables to the .env file:

   AZURE_SEARCH_ENDPOINT=your_azure_search_endpoint_here
   AZURE_SEARCH_KEY=your_azure_search_key_here
   AZURE_SEARCH_INDEX_NAME=your_azure_search_index_name_here
   AZURE_SEARCH_CONTENT_FIELD=your_azure_search_content_field_here
   AZURE_SEARCH_VECTOR_FIELD=your_azure_search_vector_field_here # include if using vector search
   AZURE_SEARCH_SEMANTIC_CONFIGURATION_NAME=your_azure_search_semantic_configuration_name_here # include if using semantic search
   
   AZURE_OPENAI_API_ENDPOINT=your_azure_openai_api_endpoint_here
   AZURE_RESOURCE_NAME=your_azure_resource_name_here
   AZURE_DEPLOYMENT_NAME=your_azure_deployment_name_here # chat model deployment name
   AZURE_EMBEDDING_DEPLOYMENT_NAME=your_azure_embedding_deployment_name_here # embedding model deployment name
   AZURE_API_KEY=your_azure_api_key_here
   

5. Start the development server:

   npm run dev

Your project should now be running on http://localhost:3000.

Virtual Dev Environments

Appendix

This template includes code from Vercel's AI SDK RAG Template, which is licensed under the MIT license.

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