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GeneratedImage

Media and Assetsai

Renders an AI-SDK generated image from its base64 payload via ui Image, with a Skeleton while it decodes.

import { GeneratedImage } from "@elabs-ai/components-ai";
Install
npm install @elabs-ai/components-tokens @elabs-ai/components-ui @elabs-ai/components-ai

Skipping the @source line is the most common first failure: Tailwind does not scan node_modules, so every component renders unstyled. The one-time wiring

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Add the brand-ui GeneratedImage component (from @elabs-ai/components-ai) to this project.

1. Read https://elabs-ai.com/llms.txt first: it maps every package and the rules. If you can use MCP servers, connect https://elabs-ai.com/mcp and use its search, docs and tokens tools. If not, run the same lookups in the terminal: `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli search "<what you need>"` and `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli docs <Component>`.
2. Look GeneratedImage up before writing code: `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli docs GeneratedImage` prints its real props, variants, what it pairs with and what to avoid.
3. If @elabs-ai/components-ai is not installed yet: `pnpm add @elabs-ai/components-tokens @elabs-ai/components-ui @elabs-ai/components-ai` (or `npm install @elabs-ai/components-tokens @elabs-ai/components-ui @elabs-ai/components-ai`). If this is the first brand-ui package in the project, wire it once: import `@elabs-ai/components-tokens/styles.css` plus the `themes/light.css` and `themes/dark.css` stylesheets in the CSS entry, add one Tailwind `@source` line per installed @elabs-ai package (Tailwind does not scan node_modules, so without it everything renders unstyled), and wrap the app root in `ThemeProvider` from `@elabs-ai/components-tokens`.
4. Use it here: [the screen or file, and what it should show]
5. Rules: use only @elabs-ai/components-* components and the semantic tokens — no raw colours, no raw font sizes, no arbitrary Tailwind values. Look up each component's real props with the docs tool before you use it; never guess a prop.
6. Done means: the typecheck passes, `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli audit src --strict` reports nothing, and you have opened the app and looked at every screen you touched in the light and the dark theme.

Avoid

  • Omitting `alt` for a meaningful image — it is invisible to assistive tech.
  • No `width`+`height` — a data URI decodes late; reserve the box to avoid layout shift.
  • A remote URL — it builds a `data:` src from base64; a hosted image is ui Image or a Gallery item.

Works with

Used inside

Pairs with

Examples

3 live examples

Broken

showSkeleton=false

API

GeneratedImage

PropTypeDescription
altstringAccessible text. Omit (or `""`) for a decorative image. @default ""
showSkeletonbooleanShow a `Skeleton` in the reserved `width` × `height` box until the base64 payload decodes, so it does not pop in. Without both dimensions there is no box to reserve, so the default is off in that case. @default Boolean(width && height)
fitImageFitCSS `object-fit` of the image inside its box. @default "contain"
fallbackReactNodeRendered instead of the default `ImageOff` box after a terminal load error (or when `src` is empty). `null` renders nothing.

Also accepts: Experimental_GeneratedImage, Omit<ImageProps, "src" | "alt" | "aspectRatio" | "showSkeleton">