GROWTH PATTERN

Adding AI Activation to Vercel AI SDK

Vercel AI SDK provides AI capabilities, but most users never discover them because there's no activation system to drive feature adoption.

Vercel AI SDK

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What's Missing in Standard Vercel AI SDK Architecture

While Vercel AI SDK offers powerful AI features, there's no system to identify users who haven't tried AI functionality and guide them to discover value.

Standard Vercel AI SDK Flow vs Optimized Skene Flow

Standard Flow
1

User has access to Vercel AI SDK features

2

Features available but usage not monitored

3

No activation prompts for unused features

Skene Flow
1

Monitor Vercel AI SDK usage patterns and feature adoption

2

Identify users who haven't used key features

3

Trigger feature discovery emails with examples and use cases

4

Track feature adoption and send advanced usage guides

Visual comparison of the flows:

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How Skene Fixes This

The Skene infrastructure for Vercel AI SDK monitors AI feature usage and automatically celebrates when users first achieve value through AI, while sending discovery prompts to inactive users.

Implementation Comparison

Using Skene Infrastructure

Install via Prompt

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@task: Initialize Skene.
@action: Analyze my local code, validating subscription via `npx skene login`, and generate `skene.config.ts` to implement the AI Activation pattern for Vercel AI SDK.

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Generated skene.config.ts

skene.config.ts
// skene.config.ts - The Automated Way
import { defineLoop } from '@skene/sdk';

export default defineLoop({
  type: 'retention',
  opinion: 'Detect dormant users and trigger personalized re-engagement campaigns',
  steps: [
    {
      trigger: {
        type: 'schedule',
        cron: '0 9 * * *' // Daily at 9 AM
      },
      condition: {
        type: 'query',
        query: `SELECT * FROM users WHERE last_activity_at < NOW() - INTERVAL '7 days' AND re_engagement_sent = false`,
        timeout: '10m'
      },
      action: {
        type: 'email',
        provider: 'resend',
        template: 're_engagement',
        personalization: {
          name: '{{user.name}}',
          lastActivity: '{{user.last_activity_at}}'
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  recovery: {
    retries: 3,
    backoff: 'exponential'
  }
});

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