Tubular MCP Server for Vercel AI SDKGive Vercel AI SDK instant access to 12 tools to Check Api Health, Get Api Rate Limits, Get Audience Overlap, and more
The Vercel AI SDK is the TypeScript toolkit for building AI-powered applications. Connect Tubular through Vinkius and every tool is available as a typed function. ready for React Server Components, API routes, or any Node.js backend.
Ask AI about this App Connector for Vercel AI SDK
The Tubular app connector for Vercel AI SDK is a standout in the Data Analytics category — giving your AI agent 12 tools to work with, ready to go from day one.
Vinkius delivers Streamable HTTP and SSE to any MCP client
import { createMCPClient } from "@ai-sdk/mcp";
import { generateText } from "ai";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
async function main() {
const mcpClient = await createMCPClient({
transport: {
type: "http",
// Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
url: "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp",
},
});
try {
const tools = await mcpClient.tools();
const { text } = await generateText({
model: openai("gpt-4o"),
tools,
prompt: "Using Tubular, list all available capabilities.",
});
console.log(text);
} finally {
await mcpClient.close();
}
}
main();
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About Tubular MCP Server
Connect your Tubular Labs video intelligence account to any AI agent and simplify how you analyze digital video trends, creator performance, and cross-platform audience metrics through natural conversation.
The Vercel AI SDK gives every Tubular tool full TypeScript type inference, IDE autocomplete, and compile-time error checking. Connect 12 tools through Vinkius and stream results progressively to React, Svelte, or Vue components. works on Edge Functions, Cloudflare Workers, and any Node.js runtime.
What you can do
- Video Insights — Retrieve detailed performance metrics and trending data for individual videos or categories across social platforms.
- Creator Intelligence — Search for creators and fetch high-level performance summaries, trends, and audience ratings.
- Audience Demographics — Analyze audience breakdowns (age, gender, location) for specific videos or creators to refine your targeting.
- Sponsorship Tracking — List brand sponsors and monitor sponsored video campaigns to understand the competitive landscape.
- Audience Overlap — Analyze shared audience between two creators or content properties to identify partnership opportunities.
- Operational Monitoring — Check API health and rate limits to ensure your intelligence engine is always running.
The Tubular MCP Server exposes 12 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Vercel AI SDK in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.
All 12 Tubular tools available for Vercel AI SDK
When Vercel AI SDK connects to Tubular through Vinkius, your AI agent gets direct access to every tool listed below — spanning video-intelligence, audience-insights, competitive-benchmarking, and more. Every call is secured with network, filesystem, subprocess, and code evaluation entitlements inside a sandboxed runtime. Beyond a simple connection, you get a full AI Gateway with real-time visibility into agent activity, enterprise governance, and optimized token usage.
Check API health status
Get current API rate limits
Analyze shared audience between entities
Get reach and engagement ratings
Get summary for a specific creator
Get trends for a specific creator
) for a specific video. Get audience demographics for a video
Get insights for a specific video
List trending videos
List sponsored video campaigns
List sponsors and brand partners
g., name or keywords). Search for creators
Connect Tubular to Vercel AI SDK via MCP
Follow these steps to wire Tubular into Vercel AI SDK. The entire setup takes under two minutes — your credentials stay safe behind the Vinkius.
Install dependencies
npm install @ai-sdk/mcp ai @ai-sdk/openaiReplace the token
[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius tokenRun the script
agent.ts and run with npx tsx agent.tsExplore tools
Why Use Vercel AI SDK with the Tubular MCP Server
Vercel AI SDK provides unique advantages when paired with Tubular through the Model Context Protocol.
TypeScript-first: every MCP tool gets full type inference, IDE autocomplete, and compile-time error checking out of the box
Framework-agnostic core works with Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, or any Node.js runtime. same Tubular integration everywhere
Built-in streaming UI primitives let you display Tubular tool results progressively in React, Svelte, or Vue components
Edge-compatible: the AI SDK runs on Vercel Edge Functions, Cloudflare Workers, and other edge runtimes for minimal latency
Tubular + Vercel AI SDK Use Cases
Practical scenarios where Vercel AI SDK combined with the Tubular MCP Server delivers measurable value.
AI-powered web apps: build dashboards that query Tubular in real-time and stream results to the UI with zero loading states
API backends: create serverless endpoints that orchestrate Tubular tools and return structured JSON responses to any frontend
Chatbots with tool use: embed Tubular capabilities into conversational interfaces with streaming responses and tool call visibility
Internal tools: build admin panels where team members interact with Tubular through natural language queries
Example Prompts for Tubular in Vercel AI SDK
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Vercel AI SDK agent to start working with Tubular immediately.
"Search for top gaming creators in my region."
"Show me the audience overlap between creator 'A-101' and 'B-552'."
"List all active sponsored video campaigns from 'TechBrand Inc'."
Troubleshooting Tubular MCP Server with Vercel AI SDK
Common issues when connecting Tubular to Vercel AI SDK through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
createMCPClient is not a function
npm install @ai-sdk/mcpTubular + Vercel AI SDK FAQ
Common questions about integrating Tubular MCP Server with Vercel AI SDK.
How does the Vercel AI SDK connect to MCP servers?
createMCPClient from @ai-sdk/mcp and pass the server URL. The SDK discovers all tools and provides typed TypeScript interfaces for each one.Can I use MCP tools in Edge Functions?
Does it support streaming tool results?
useChat and streamText that handle tool calls and display results progressively in the UI.