From Alpha to Action: How AISDK5 Helped Us Build an AI-Native CRM
summary
Lightfield is an AI-native CRM that ships task-specific agents in weeks, built on AI SDK (v4 in January, v5 alpha in June) with a unified data layer giving agents the same full read/write permissions as users. Agents perform adaptive context building, inject files via signed S3 URLs to protect private data, and surface drafts and backfills for custom fields. Human-in-the-loop tool calls render editable forms, return execution results, and gate any outbound emails behind user approval, achieving agent UI parity.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to Lightfield
- 0:49Rethinking traditional CRMs
- 2:32Product overview
- 4:32Architecture and agent parity
- 6:46Development philosophy
- 8:30Iterating with AI SDK
- 10:48Context and security
- 12:43Human-in-the-loop workflows
- 15:20Programmable systems
- 19:38Core principles and conclusion
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