vercel/ai
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96

/ 100

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A top-tier open source project. Docs, tests, and CI are all in excellent shape.

Top 5% of 5,156 graded repos

The AI Toolkit for TypeScript. From the creators of Next.js, the AI SDK is a free open-source library for building AI-powered applications and agents

Documentation96
Engineering94
Health97
TypeScript25,153Other1mo ago

Outstanding. A score of 96/100 puts this repo in a very small tier of truly well-engineered projects.

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

6 to address
  1. 1
    CI/CD14pt

    Add a lint step to catch style issues automatically.

  2. 2
    CI/CD14pt

    Add `tsc --noEmit`, `mypy`, or `cargo check` to catch type errors before they merge.

  3. 3
    CI/CD14pt

    Upload coverage to Codecov, Coveralls, or report it with `--coverage` flags.

  4. 4
    README12pt

    Add CI/build status badges from shields.io or your CI provider to signal project health.

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Scorecard

Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

96

README12pt90

README is present.

Install and run instructions9pt100

README documents how to install the project.

License6pt100

Licensed under Other.

Contributing guide5pt100

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

Engineering

94

CI/CD14pt85

CI is configured (.github/workflows/ci.yml).

Reproducibility6pt90

Lockfile present (pnpm-lock.yaml). Installs are reproducible.

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (examples/ai-functions/src/e2e/amazon-bedrock-anthropic.test.ts).

Linting and formatting5pt100

Linter or formatter configured (devDependency in package.json).

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

97

Dependency manifest6pt90

Dependency manifest found (package.json).

Repository metadata5pt100

Repository has a description.

Activity5pt100

Actively maintained (pushed within the last month).

Housekeeping3pt100

.gitignore present.

Repository health signals

Activity, community, and responsiveness at scan time

Activity

  • 255 / 939
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 4,658
    Forks
  • 1000
    Releaseslatest 1mo ago

Community

  • 87% - Good
    Community health
  • 3 bus factor
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 25,153
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 2h
    Median issue response
  • <1h
    Median PR merge time
  • 1,812
    Open issues
Repository files34 root entries
  • .agents
  • .changeset
  • .claude
  • .cursor
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/ci.yml).
    Good: Dependabot covers 9 ecosystems (npm, npm, github-actions, npm, npm, github-actions, npm, npm, github-actions). Dependencies stay current.
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
    Good: Security policy present.
  • .husky
  • .vscode
  • architecture
  • assets
  • content
  • contributing
  • examples
    Good: Test files detected (examples/ai-functions/src/e2e/amazon-bedrock-anthropic.test.ts).
  • packages
  • skills
  • tools
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .kodiak.toml
  • .npmrc
  • .oxfmtrc.jsonc
  • .oxlintrc.json
  • AGENTS.md
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • CLAUDE.md
  • CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
    Good: Code of conduct present.
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
    Good: Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.
    Good: Contributing guide includes setup/install instructions.
    Good: Contributing guide describes code style expectations.
    Good: Contributing guide explains how to run tests.
    Good: Contributing guide describes the PR/review workflow.
    Issue: Contributing guide has no code examples (−5 pts).Fix: Add code blocks showing example commands for setup, running tests, and submitting a PR.
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under Other.
  • package.json
    Good: Dependency manifest found (package.json).
  • pnpm-lock.yaml
    Good: Lockfile present (pnpm-lock.yaml). Installs are reproducible.
  • pnpm-workspace.yaml
  • README.md
    Good: README is present.
    Good: README is well structured with multiple sections.
    Good: README includes screenshots or visuals. Great for first impressions.
    Good: README has code examples.
    Good: README links to a live demo or deployed app.
    Issue: No status badges in the README (−10 pts).Fix: Add CI/build status badges from shields.io or your CI provider to signal project health.
    Good: README documents how to install the project.
    Good: README documents how to run the project.
  • socket.yaml
  • tsconfig.json
  • tsconfig.with-examples.json
  • turbo.json
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