Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Want to try something different? Let’s build a custom Strapi plugin that integrates Vercel’s AI SDK, giving our backend native AI capabilities we can securely expose to our Next.js app.
Code resources: 👉 strapi.link/ai-sdk-post

Instead of wiring AI logic directly into the frontend, we’ll centralize it inside Strapi—so we can:

🔐 Keep API keys secure
🧠 Standardize prompts and AI workflows
🔌 Expose clean, reusable endpoints to Next.js
🚀 Scale and iterate without touching frontend logic

Think of it as turning Strapi into our AI control center—while Next.js becomes the experience layer.

If we do this right, we won’t just “add AI.” We’ll build an extensible AI layer into our architecture.