AI Booking Assistant with EdgeDB and Vercel AI SDK

Getting Started

Clone the Repository

You can clone the repository by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/beerose/edgedb-ai-booking-assistant.git

After cloning the repository, you can navigate to the project directory:

cd edgedb-ai-booking-assistant

EdgeDB Setup

This project uses EdgeDB as a database. You can install it by following the instructions:

• Install EdgeDB CLI

After installing the CLI, you can initialize the project by running the following command:

edgedb project init

Next, you can apply the schema migrations by running the following command:

edgedb migration apply

Install Dependencies

This project uses pnpm as a package manager, but you can use npm or yarn if you prefer.

You can install the dependencies by running the following command:

pnpm install

Seed the Database

To seed the database with some initial data, you can run the following command:

pnpm seed

Environment Variables

This project uses OpenAI GPT-4 to generate the responses. You can create an account and get the API key from the OpenAI website. After getting the API key, you can create a .env.local file in the root of the project and add the following environment variable:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your-api-key

Generate the Types

To generate the types for the EdgeDB schema, you can run the following command:

pnpm generate:all

It runs npx @edgedb/generate interfaces and npx @edgedb/generate edgeql-js to generate the types. You can also run these commands separately if you want.

You will find the generated types in the dbschema directory.

Development Server

First, run the development server:

pnpm dev

Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

You can start editing the page by modifying app/page.tsx. The page auto-updates as you edit the file.

Learn More

To learn more about the stack used in this project, take a look at the following resources:

• Blog post — learn more about building GenUI apps with EdgeDB and Vercel in my blog post.
• Next.js Documentation - learn about Next.js features and API.
• EdgeDB Documentation - learn about EdgeDB features and API.
• Vercel AI SDK