You Built Real Features

Look at what you actually built:

Foundations:

• ✅ Data extraction script comparing generateText vs generateObject
• ✅ Model comparison tool understanding speed vs quality tradeoffs

Invisible AI Features:

• ✅ Text classifier that categorizes support tickets by type and urgency
• ✅ Summarization that condenses conversations into actionable insights
• ✅ Data extractor that parses natural language into structured appointments
• ✅ Professional UI components generated with v0 in seconds

Full-Stack Chatbot:

• ✅ Streaming chat interface with useChat and streamText
• ✅ Professional UI upgrade with AI Elements components
• ✅ System prompts giving your AI consistent personality
• ✅ Weather tool integration showing real-time data fetching
• ✅ Multi-step conversations that chain tool calls and synthesis
• ✅ Generative UI rendering custom React components from tool results

This isn't toy code. These are production patterns used by real companies.

The Patterns That Matter

You learned the critical patterns that power most AI applications:

1. Structured Extraction - Turn messy text into clean JSON with generateObject and Zod schemas
2. Streaming Interfaces - Keep users engaged while AI thinks with streamText and useChat
3. Tool Orchestration - Let AI call functions and APIs to extend beyond text generation
4. Component Systems - Professional UI with AI Elements instead of building from scratch
5. Multi-Step Workflows - Chain multiple tool calls with natural language synthesis

These patterns are the foundation. Most AI features are variations or combinations of them.

Your Next Move

You have working code for every pattern. Pick ONE and ship it this week:

Quick Wins (1-2 hours):

• Add the classification script to your support ticket workflow
• Drop the summarization Server Action into an existing Next.js app
• Use the extraction pattern for any form with natural language input

Medium Projects (1-2 days):

• Build a support bot using your chatbot code + custom tools
• Create a documentation assistant with system prompts for your product
• Add AI Elements to upgrade any existing chat interface

Ambitious Goals (1 week):

• Multi-step workflow automation with conditional tool chains
• RAG system combining extraction + search + synthesis
• Custom generative UI components for domain-specific displays

The gap between your code and production is just deployment. You already have the patterns.

Key Concepts to Remember

• generateText vs generateObject - Unstructured vs structured output
• useChat + streamText - The streaming chat duo
• stepCountIs() - Enable multi-step conversations
• AI Elements - Don't build UI from scratch
• System prompts - Control behavior and personality
• Tool schemas with Zod - Type-safe tool definitions

When You Get Stuck

• AI SDK Docs - Your primary reference
• AI Elements - Component library documentation
• Vercel AI Chatbot - Full production example with auth, persistence, and more
• GitHub Discussions - Ask questions, share what you build

What You Learned That Others Miss

Most AI tutorials show you how to call an API. This course taught you:

• Why generateObject beats generateText for real features
• How schema evolution works - start simple, add .describe(), refine iteratively
• When to use Server Actions vs API routes for AI calls
• Why you experience the pain first - custom UI before Elements
• How multi-step changes everything - tool calls AND synthesis
• That debugging is part of the process - token counting, error handling, schema validation

One Last Thing

The best AI features are invisible. Users shouldn't marvel at the AI - they should marvel at how much easier their work became. Focus on removing friction, not showcasing technology.