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How to Build an AI Chatbot with ZeroToShipped

Ship your full-stack app in a matter of days. Deploy quickly and start earning right away.

Zero to Shipped gives you a complete Next.js foundation for building a How to Build an AI Chatbot. Auth, payments, database, and API are all pre-configured so every line you write goes toward your product.

Why building a How to Build an AI Chatbot is harder than it should be

Wiring together an LLM API with streaming, error handling, and chat history takes days of non-trivial backend work

Building a responsive, polished chat UI from scratch is a significant frontend investment

Managing per-user conversation history and API key storage requires careful database design

Subscription billing for AI usage plans is complex without a pre-built payment layer

Connecting to multiple AI providers like OpenAI and Anthropic requires custom integration work for each

What You Get with Zero to Shipped

AI provider integrations for OpenAI and Anthropic with streaming output ready to configure

Better Auth handles user accounts, sessions, and per-user settings from day one

Polar.sh subscription billing ready for usage-based or flat-rate AI pricing plans

Prisma ORM with PostgreSQL for type-safe conversation history and user data storage

shadcn/ui components for building a clean, responsive chat interface quickly

How It Works

1

Get Access

Buy once and clone the private GitHub repo to your machine.

2

Configure Your App

Set your environment variables with the included ENV generator and deploy.

3

Ship and Earn

Your How to Build an AI Chatbot is live and ready to take payments from day one.

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