Use of openAi assistant with @ai-sdk/openai

[defless]

Do you know if the openAi assistant can (or will can ?) be used with @ai-sdk/openai provider ?

In the example given in the doc, openai.beta.threads is used to access assistant, with the openai library.
But the vercel openAi provider seems to be prefered in many other examples.

Maybe I'm missing something, but is it mandatory to use the openai library to use the assistant API ?

Thanks for you help

[lgrammel]

OpenAI assistants are not compatible with the @ai-sdk/openai provider, which is meant for chat-completion style APIs.

You can use OpenAI Assistants with useAssistant or RSCs:

• https://sdk.vercel.ai/docs/ai-sdk-ui/openai-assistants
• https://sdk.vercel.ai/examples/next-app/assistants/stream-assistant-responses

[jeremyphilemon]

@ai-sdk/openai can be only be used with the following core functions

• generateText
• streamText
• generateObject
• streamObject
• embed

and hooks

• useChat
• useCompletion

Regarding useAssistant, it is a hook that abstracts only OpenAI's assistant endpoints, and does not use the core functions. That's why the examples explicitly use the openai library instead os @ai-sdk/openai.

So you're right that you don't have to use @ai-sdk/openai provider, you will need to import the actual openai library instead.