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.

Products and workflows this pattern is designed to support.

Requirements, wiring steps, and what this pattern adds to your project.

Pick how you want to pull this pattern in — then wire env vars and routes the same way.

1
Install from the preview toolbar
Copy the install command above and run it in your project — Pro patterns include a short-lived token.
2
Add environment variables to .env.local
AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY, UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_URL, UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_TOKEN
3
Point client fetches at your API routes
Replace preview `/view/.../api/...` paths with `/api/...` in the installed files.
4
Customize the agent and tool files
Adapt prompts, tools, and stop conditions for your product — Copy for AI in the toolbar helps seed that work.
5
Run your dev server and open the pattern route
Install dependencies if needed, then start the app and verify responses.

AI SDK APIs

streamTextcreateUIMessageStreamgatewaytooluseChat

Providers

OpenAI

External services

Upstash

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13 total

npm packages

AISDK@react-pdf/rendererUpstashlucide-reactNext.jsReactsonnerZod

Registry components

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agent-pdf-artifact/route.ts
AI SDK route that streams data-pdfMarkdown from updatePdfMarkdown tool. Markdown is the source representation for PDF preview/export.
components/pdf-artifact-panel.tsx
Right-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.