
Build a RAG Chatbot in Next.js: Retrieval, Streaming & Citations (2026)
Build a RAG chatbot in Next.js with the AI SDK: embed the query, search pgvector, stream a grounded answer with citations, and stop hallucinations.

Build a RAG chatbot in Next.js with the AI SDK: embed the query, search pgvector, stream a grounded answer with citations, and stop hallucinations.

Vercel AI SDK in production: streaming, tool-calling, aborting generations, error retry UX, rate limiting, and cost control — the layer every tutorial skips.

Only 23% of autonomous AI agents reach production in 2026. The demo-to-production gap, why agents fail, and the playbook the winners actually use.

Build a RAG pipeline from scratch: chunking, embeddings, retrieval, reranking, grounded generation, and the production patterns that decide whether it works.

How to build an MCP server, step by step: JSON-RPC 2.0, the Streamable HTTP transport, typed tools, and agent discovery — from a real one I shipped.

RAG vs fine-tuning for LLMs in 2026: a practical decision framework covering architecture tradeoffs, cost, latency, and when to use each in production.