AI Chat: a complete chat app, in Apps
AI Chat is a complete chat application built with Next.js, shadcn/ui, and the Vercel AI SDK, and it opens a new section of shadcncraft: Apps.
The app
A working product rather than a parts list: thread history with pinning and inline rename, a command palette, projects, a file library, share links, and an assistant panel that docks the whole chat beside your own app. It streams scripted conversations the moment you clone it and switches to live models with one environment variable.
The showcase page embeds the deployed app itself, so you can try every screen before buying.
The blocks and components
The chat surfaces ship as Pro AI registry blocks: Chat, Composer, Chat Shell, Assistant Panel, and Share Dialog. Under them, seven message renderers install as components of their own: text, reasoning, tool calls, web search, sources, file, and questionnaire parts.
Not a claim about compatibility: the app itself installs its renderers from this registry with the shadcn CLI, in any of the eight styles and five icon libraries.
Browse the chat blocks. Available with Pro React and Pro Figma + React.
Figma ships next
This one lands React first. The Figma counterpart of the AI Chat surfaces is being built and ships soon; when it lands, the kit matches the React version 1:1, the way the rest of the kit does.
