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Streaming Response

Streaming Response

📖One-line summary

Sending LLM output token by token so the UI can show it as it generates.

💡Easy explanation

Showing the AI answer character by character as it's generated, instead of waiting for the whole thing. The ChatGPT typewriter effect.

Example

Streams each token the moment it's generated

Vibe coding prompt examples

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Write a Next.js Route Handler that streams an OpenAI response straight through to the client.

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Write a React hook that cleans up resources when the user cancels mid-stream.

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Design a structure that accumulates streamed chunks for analytics/storage while still showing them live to the user.

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