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Agent PDF Artifact
Agent PDF Artifact
Download-first PDF artifact pattern. The agent streams Markdown through a tool call, renders a live PDF preview, and exports a real .pdf file.
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Problems solved
Technical challenges this implementation handles out of the box.
- Stream Markdown as the source for a PDF artifact
- Render a live PDF preview while content updates
- Export a real .pdf file client-side from streamed Markdown
Use cases
Products and workflows this pattern is designed to support.
- PDF report generation
- One-pagers and briefs
- Invoice-style client exports
- Download-first PDF agents
Setup
Requirements, wiring steps, and what this pattern adds to your project.
Getting started
Pick how you want to pull this pattern in. Then wire env vars and routes the same way.
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Download → Next.js app
Use Download → Next.js app in the preview toolbar. You get a zip scaffold (Pro downloads rewrite preview `/view/.../api/*` paths to `/api/*` automatically).
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Extract the zip and install dependencies
Unzip the archive, then run `pnpm install` (or npm / yarn) in the project folder.
- 3
Fill .env.local
The download includes .env.local placeholders when needed. Add real values for: AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY.
- 4
Customize the agent and tool files
Adapt prompts, tools, and stop conditions in the generated project for your product.
- 5
Run the app and open the pattern route
Run `pnpm dev`, open the setup/checklist page if present, then navigate to the generated pattern route and verify responses.
Environment variables
AI_GATEWAY_API_KEYGet key
Capabilities
AI SDK APIs
streamTextcreateUIMessageStreamgatewaytooluseChatProviders
OpenAI
External services
Upstash
Files added
12 filesapp/page.tsxapp/layout.tsxapp/api/agent-pdf-artifact/route.tscomponents/agent-pdf-demo.tsxcomponents/pdf-icon.tsxcomponents/pdf-tool.tsxcomponents/pdf-artifact-panel.tsxcomponents/pdf-document.tsxlib/types.tslib/rate-limit.tslib/request-utils.tsREADME.md
Dependencies
13 totalnpm packages
8AISDK@react-pdf/rendererUpstashlucide-reactNext.jsReactsonnerZod
Registry components
buttondraweremptyscroll-areatooltip
Critical files
agent-pdf-artifact/route.tsAI SDK route that streams data-pdfMarkdown from updatePdfMarkdown tool. Markdown is the source representation for PDF preview/export.
components/pdf-artifact-panel.tsxRight-side Drawer artifact panel that renders the streamed Markdown to a @react-pdf/renderer document (pdf-document.tsx), shows a live iframe preview, and exposes copy/download actions for the PDF blob.
Requirements
- Complexity
- Intermediate
- Setup time
- ~8 minutes
- Node
- 24+
- Memory
- 256MB
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