What is Vercel AI SDK?
TypeScript toolkit for building AI-powered applications with React Server Components, streaming, and tool calling.
Searching YouTube Playlists with Vercel AI SDK
This integration lets your Vercel AI SDK agent search YouTube Playlists in real time via the Scavio API. The agent gets back structured JSON with playlist entries from search, video results, channel results, shorts results -- ready for reasoning and decision-making.
Setup
Bash
npm install ai @ai-sdk/anthropic zodCode Example
Here is a complete Vercel AI SDK agent that searches YouTube Playlists using Scavio:
import { generateText, tool } from "ai";
import { anthropic } from "@ai-sdk/anthropic";
import { z } from "zod";
// Playlist data is not available: POST /api/v1/youtube/search accepts type: playlist but the provider returns an empty playlists array, so there is no playlist title, video count, creator or visibility to read, and no removal tracking. This sample returns the videos for the query; type: channel does work if you want creators instead.
const result = await generateText({
model: anthropic("claude-sonnet-4-5"),
tools: {
scavioSearch: tool({
description: "Query YouTube Playlists for real-time results",
parameters: z.object({ query: z.string() }),
execute: async ({ query }) => {
const res = await fetch("https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/youtube/search", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Authorization": "Bearer " + process.env.SCAVIO_API_KEY,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({ search: query }),
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error("Scavio API error: " + res.status);
return res.json();
},
}),
},
prompt: "best rag tutorials playlist",
});
console.log(result.text);Full Working Example
A production-ready example with error handling:
import { generateText, tool } from "ai";
import { anthropic } from "@ai-sdk/anthropic";
import { z } from "zod";
// Playlist data is not available: POST /api/v1/youtube/search accepts type: playlist but the provider returns an empty playlists array, so there is no playlist title, video count, creator or visibility to read, and no removal tracking. This sample returns the videos for the query; type: channel does work if you want creators instead.
const result = await generateText({
model: anthropic("claude-sonnet-4-5"),
maxSteps: 5,
tools: {
scavioSearch: tool({
description: "Query YouTube Playlists for real-time results",
parameters: z.object({ query: z.string() }),
execute: async ({ query }) => {
const res = await fetch("https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/youtube/search", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Authorization": "Bearer " + process.env.SCAVIO_API_KEY,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({ search: query }),
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error("Scavio API error: " + res.status);
return res.json();
},
}),
},
prompt: "best rag tutorials playlist",
});
console.log(result.text);Pricing
Scavio offers a free tier with 50 credits on signup (1 credit per search). No credit card required. This is enough to build and test your Vercel AI SDK integration. Paid plans start at $30/month for higher volumes.