As of version 1.0, Genkit is considered Generally Available (GA) and ready for production use. Genkit follows semantic versioning with breaking changes to the stable API happening only on major version releases.
To gather feedback on potential new APIs and bring new features out quickly, Genkit offers a Beta entrypoint that includes APIs that have not yet been declared stable. The beta channel may include breaking changes on minor version releases.
Using the Stable Channel
To use the stable channel of Genkit, import from the standard "genkit"
"genkit" entrypoint:
import { genkit, z } from "genkit";
const ai = genkit({plugins: [...]});
console.log(ai.apiStability); // "stable"
When you are using the stable channel, we recommend using the standard ^X.Y.Z
dependency string in your package.json. This is the default that is used when
you run npm install genkit.
Using the Beta Channel
To use the beta channel of Genkit, import from the "genkit/beta" entrypoint:
import { genkit, z } from "genkit/beta";
const ai = genkit({plugins: [...]});
console.log(ai.apiStability); // "beta"
// now beta features are available
When you are using the beta channel, we recommend using the ~X.Y.Z dependency
string in your package.json. The ~ will allow new patch versions but will
not automatically upgrade to new minor versions which may have breaking changes
for beta features. You can modify your existing dependency string by changing
^ to ~ if you begin using beta features of Genkit.
Current Features in Beta
- Chat/Sessions: a first-class conversational
ai.chat()feature along with persistent sessions that store both conversation history and an arbitrary state object. - Interrupts: special tools that can pause generation for human-in-the-loop feedback, out-of-band processing, and more.