The Shift to Agentic AI: Building Autonomous Workflows with Next.js & Gemini

// ❌ BAD CLIENT IMPLEMENTATION
// import { GoogleGenAI } from "@google/genai";
// export const ai = new GoogleGenAI({ apiKey: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_GEMINI_KEY });

import { GoogleGenAI } from "@google/genai";

// Keep keys secure server-side
const ai = new GoogleGenAI({ apiKey: process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY });

export async function generateSecureResponse(prompt: string) {
  const response = await ai.models.generateContent({
    model: "gemini-3.5-flash",
    contents: prompt,
  });
  return { text: response.text };
}