# Chat SDK now includes AI SDK tools

By Steven Van · 2026-05-20

Presets and a requireApproval gate scope what chat agents can read or write, with the old top-level chat exports now deprecated.

Chat SDK, part of [Vercel](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/vercel>), now ships a built-in AI SDK toolset through a new [chat/ai subpath](<https://chat-sdk.dev/docs/ai>). One createChatTools(chat) call wires the SDK's read and write actions, posting messages, sending DMs, reacting, editing, deleting, and managing subscriptions, into an AI SDK agent.

- Write tools are gated by a requireApproval option, so approval is on by default.

- Three presets, reader, messenger, and moderator, scope which tools an agent gets, and only the tools a preset allows are constructed.

- toAiMessages and its supporting types have moved to chat/ai. The old chat re-exports still work but are now flagged @deprecated, and migrating is a one-line import change.

[![](<https://chat-sdk.dev/og/ai/image.png>)](<https://chat-sdk.dev/docs/ai>)

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Sources

[Original source](<https://chat-sdk.dev/docs/ai>)

[Read Chat SDK now includes AI SDK tools on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/vercel-chat-sdk-now-includes-ai-sdk-tools>)

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