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assistant-ui--assistant-ui/examples/with-virtualized-thread

Virtualized thread example

Renders a 500-message thread with @tanstack/react-virtual so only the turns near the viewport are mounted. The runtime is a self-contained external store with a fake streaming reply, so the example runs fully offline with no environment variables.

Quick start

pnpm install
pnpm --filter with-virtualized-thread dev

What the example demonstrates

Concern File
Virtualizer over user turns, padding spacers, measureElement app/VirtualizedThread.tsx
Id-keyed per-message rendering through ThreadPrimitive.Unstable_MessageById app/VirtualizedThread.tsx
Sticky-bottom auto-follow with a user-scroll disarm guard app/VirtualizedThread.tsx
External store runtime with seeded messages and a streaming tail app/MyRuntimeProvider.tsx
Deterministic synthetic thread content app/seed-messages.ts

See the thread virtualization guide for the full walkthrough.