Chat SDK adds Dial support
Quick Answer
The Chat SDK from Vercel AI now integrates Dial support via a new adapter, enabling bots to handle SMS, MMS, and iMessage with bidirectional media and voice-call transcripts.
Quick Take
The Chat SDK from Vercel AI now integrates Dial support via a new adapter, enabling bots to handle SMS, MMS, and iMessage with bidirectional media and voice-call transcripts. This allows developers to create interactive bots that utilize standard Chat SDK APIs for seamless communication.
Key Points
- Bots can now send and receive SMS, MMS, and iMessage using a real phone number.
- Voice call transcripts are integrated into Chat SDK threads for easy access.
- Developers can configure the Dial adapter to respond to @-mentions.
- The integration supports HMAC-verified webhooks for secure communication.
- Chat SDK's core functionalities remain consistent across all adapters.
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~1 min readChat SDK now supports Dial with the new vendor-official adapter.
Build bots that send and receive SMS, MMS, and iMessage on a real phone number, with bidirectional media and inbound voice-call transcripts. Replies use the standard Chat SDK thread and message APIs, with HMAC-verified webhooks and stable per-conversation threading.
lib/bot.ts
import { Chat } from "chat";
import { createMemoryState } from "@chat-adapter/state-memory";
import { createDialAdapter } from "@getdial/chat-sdk-adapter";
export const bot = new Chat({
userName: "Dial Bot",
adapters: {
dial: createDialAdapter({
apiKey: process.env.DIAL_API_KEY,
fromNumberId: process.env.DIAL_FROM_NUMBER_ID,
webhookSecret: process.env.DIAL_WEBHOOK_SECRET,
}),
},
state: createMemoryState(),
});
bot.onNewMention(async (thread, message) => {
await thread.post(`heard you: ${message.text}`);
});
Configure the Dial adapter to respond to @-mentions
Each phone conversation becomes a Chat SDK thread. Texts and media arrive as messages on that thread, and when a voice call ends, its transcript appears there too. Subscriptions, handlers, posts, and per-thread state work the same as with any other Chat SDK adapter.
Read the Dial documentation to get started.
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