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Core Capabilities
Agent Definition
import { Agent } from "@mastra/core";
import { openai } from "@mastra/openai";
import { z } from "zod";
const supportAgent = new Agent({
name: "Customer Support",
model: openai("gpt-4o"),
instructions: `You are a customer support agent for a SaaS product.
Use the knowledge base to answer questions.
Create tickets for issues you can't resolve.
Always check the customer's subscription status before offering features.`,
tools: {
searchKnowledgeBase: {
description: "Search the product knowledge base",
parameters: z.object({ query: z.string() }),
execute: async ({ query }) => {
const results = await vectorStore.search(query, { topK: 5 });
return results.map(r => ({ title: r.metadata.title, content: r.content }));
},
},
getCustomerInfo: {
description: "Get customer subscription and account details",
parameters: z.object({ email: z.string().email() }),
execute: async ({ email }) => {
const customer = await db.customers.findByEmail(email);
return { plan: customer.plan, since: customer.createdAt, tickets: customer.openTickets };
},
},
createTicket: {
description: "Create a support ticket for the engineering team",
parameters: z.object({
title: z.string(),
description: z.string(),
priority: z.enum(["low", "medium", "high", "critical"]),
customerEmail: z.string().email(),
}),
execute: async (params) => {
const ticket = await db.tickets.create(params);
return { ticketId: ticket.id, message: `Ticket ${ticket.id} created` };
},
},
},
});
// Use the agent
const response = await supportAgent.generate(
"I'm having issues with the API rate limiter. My email is alice@acme.com",
);
console.log(response.text);
// Streaming
const stream = await supportAgent.stream("Help me set up webhooks");
for await (const chunk of stream) {
process.stdout.write(chunk);
}
RAG Pipeline
import { createVectorStore } from "@mastra/rag";
import { openai } from "@mastra/openai";
const vectorStore = createVectorStore({
provider: "pgvector", // Or pinecone, qdrant, chroma
connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
embeddingModel: openai.embedding("text-embedding-3-small"),
});
// Index documents
await vectorStore.upsert([
{ id: "doc-1", content: "How to set up webhooks: ...", metadata: { title: "Webhooks Guide", category: "api" } },
{ id: "doc-2", content: "Rate limiting policy: ...", metadata: { title: "Rate Limits", category: "api" } },
]);
// Search
const results = await vectorStore.search("webhook configuration", {
topK: 5,
filter: { category: "api" },
});
Workflows
import { Workflow, Step } from "@mastra/core";
const onboardingWorkflow = new Workflow({
name: "customer-onboarding",
steps: [
new Step({
id: "validate",
execute: async ({ input }) => {
const customer = await validateCustomer(input.email);
return { customer, isNewCustomer: !customer.hasCompletedOnboarding };
},
}),
new Step({
id: "setup-account",
when: ({ previous }) => previous.validate.isNewCustomer,
execute: async ({ previous }) => {
await createDefaultProject(previous.validate.customer.id);
await seedSampleData(previous.validate.customer.id);
return { projectCreated: true };
},
}),
new Step({
id: "send-welcome",
execute: async ({ previous, input }) => {
const template = previous.setup_account?.projectCreated ? "new-user" : "returning-user";
await sendEmail(input.email, template);
return { emailSent: true };
},
}),
],
});
await onboardingWorkflow.execute({ email: "new@customer.com" });
Installation
npm install @mastra/core @mastra/openai @mastra/rag
Best Practices
- TypeScript-native — Full type safety for agents, tools, workflows; no Python required
- Tool definitions — Use Zod schemas for tool parameters; type-safe at compile AND runtime
- RAG built-in — Vector store abstraction with pgvector, Pinecone, Qdrant; no separate RAG library
- Workflows — Multi-step with conditional branching (
when), error handling, and retries - Streaming — Use
.stream()for real-time responses; works with any frontend - 50+ integrations — Pre-built connectors for Slack, GitHub, Linear, Notion, etc.
- Agent memory — Built-in conversation memory; configurable per agent
- Evaluation — Built-in eval framework; test agent quality before deployment