OpenUI Forge — LangChain

Build generative UI apps with OpenUI + LangChain. Stream from ChatOpenAI or ChatAnthropic, convert to OpenAI NDJSON.

Activation Triggers

• "openui langchain", "openui langgraph", "openui langsmith"
• "generative ui langchain", "langchain streaming ui"

Prerequisites

• Node.js >= 22 (24 LTS recommended), React >= 18.3.1 (19+ recommended)
• OPENAIAPIKEY or ANTHROPICAPIKEY set
• Next.js project (App Router recommended)

Quick Start

1. Install dependencies (pick one or both LLM providers):

npm install @openuidev/react-ui @openuidev/react-headless @openuidev/react-lang lucide-react zod @langchain/openai @langchain/core
# For Anthropic: npm install @langchain/anthropic

1. Add the CSS import to app/layout.tsx:

import "@openuidev/react-ui/components.css";

1. Create the API route and frontend page below
2. Run npm run dev and test

Full Code

Backend (OpenAI): app/api/chat/route.ts

import { openuiChatLibrary } from "@openuidev/react-ui/genui-lib";
import { ChatOpenAI } from "@langchain/openai";
import { HumanMessage, SystemMessage, AIMessage } from "@langchain/core/messages";

const model = new ChatOpenAI({ model: process.env.OPENAI_MODEL ?? "gpt-5.5", streaming: true });

export async function POST(req: Request) {
  const { messages } = await req.json();

  const systemPrompt = openuiChatLibrary.prompt({
    preamble: "You are a helpful assistant that generates interactive UIs.",
  });

  const lcMessages = [
    new SystemMessage(systemPrompt),
    ...messages.map((m: { role: string; content: string }) =>
      m.role === "user" ? new HumanMessage(m.content) : new AIMessage(m.content)
    ),
  ];

  const stream = await model.stream(lcMessages);
  const encoder = new TextEncoder();
  const id = `chatcmpl-${Date.now()}`;

  const readableStream = new ReadableStream({
    async start(controller) {
      for await (const chunk of stream) {
        const text = typeof chunk.content === "string" ? chunk.content : "";
        if (!text) continue;
        const payload = {
          id,
          object: "chat.completion.chunk",
          choices: [{ index: 0, delta: { content: text }, finish_reason: null }],
        };
        controller.enqueue(encoder.encode(`data: ${JSON.stringify(payload)}\n\n`));
      }
      const done = {
        id,
        object: "chat.completion.chunk",
        choices: [{ index: 0, delta: {}, finish_reason: "stop" }],
      };
      controller.enqueue(encoder.encode(`data: ${JSON.stringify(done)}\n\n`));
      controller.enqueue(encoder.encode("data: [DONE]\n\n"));
      controller.close();
    },
  });

  return new Response(readableStream, {
    headers: { "Content-Type": "text/event-stream" },
  });
}

Backend (Anthropic variant): app/api/chat/route.ts

Replace the model initialization and import:

import { ChatAnthropic } from "@langchain/anthropic";

const model = new ChatAnthropic({
  model: process.env.ANTHROPIC_MODEL ?? "claude-sonnet-4-6",
  maxTokens: 4096,
  streaming: true,
});

Everything else (message mapping, stream conversion, response) stays identical.

Frontend: app/chat/page.tsx

"use client";
import { FullScreen } from "@openuidev/react-ui";
import { openuiChatLibrary } from "@openuidev/react-ui/genui-lib";
import {
  openAIAdapter,
  openAIMessageFormat,
} from "@openuidev/react-headless";

export default function ChatPage() {
  return (
    <FullScreen
      componentLibrary={openuiChatLibrary}
      streamProtocol={openAIAdapter()}
      messageFormat={openAIMessageFormat}
      apiUrl="/api/chat"
    />
  );
}

The backend emits SSE (data: {json}\n\n). Pair it with openAIAdapter() on the frontend. (langGraphAdapter is also exported from @openuidev/react-headless if you stream LangGraph events natively rather than converting to OpenAI shape.)

Component Creation

import { defineComponent } from "@openuidev/react-lang";
import { z } from "zod";

export const MetricCard = defineComponent({
  name: "MetricCard",
  description: "Displays a metric with label, value, and optional trend",
  props: z.object({
    label: z.string().describe("Metric name"),
    value: z.number().describe("Current metric value"),
    trend: z.enum(["up", "down", "flat"]).optional().describe("Trend direction"),
  }),
  component: ({ props }) => (
    <div style={{ padding: 16, border: "1px solid #e5e7eb", borderRadius: 8 }}>
      <div style={{ fontSize: 14, color: "#6b7280" }}>{props.label}</div>
      <div style={{ fontSize: 24, fontWeight: 700 }}>{props.value}</div>
      {props.trend && <span>{props.trend === "up" ? "+" : props.trend === "down" ? "-" : "="}</span>}
    </div>
  ),
});

System Prompt Generation

npx @openuidev/cli generate ./src/lib/library.ts --out src/generated/system-prompt.txt

Validation Checklist

• LLM provider API key is set
• @langchain/openai or @langchain/anthropic installed
• Messages correctly mapped to LangChain message types
• Stream chunks converted to OpenAI-compatible SSE with data: prefix
• Final chunk has finish_reason: "stop" and ends with data: [DONE]
• Frontend uses streamProtocol={openAIAdapter()} and openAIMessageFormat
• CSS import in root layout

Error Patterns