How to Build AI Workflows with Mastra and AI SDK (Full Tutorial)

Most AI problems don't need complex agents — they need simple workflows. In this video, I build a full AI book generator from a single prompt using Mastra, and show you exactly when and why to choose workflows over agents. We cover parallel chapter generation, real-time streaming, type-safe front end integration, and how Mastra Studio makes testing and observability actually enjoyable. 🔗 Links Project repo — https://github.com/Quintui/mastra-sto... Pipe-to GitHub issue — https://github.com/mastra-ai/mastra/i... Mastra — https://mastra.ai/ Work with me — https://www.dawnstudio.co/ X — https://x.com/kristianvtr ⏱️ Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:18 Workflows vs agents 1:00 App demo 2:12 What is Mastra 3:30 Project setup 4:19 Mastra Studio 5:24 Defining agents 6:48 Workflow & steps 9:40 Streaming output 11:56 Parallel generation 16:21 API route 18:44 Frontend hook 20:44 Type safety 25:06 Rendering UI 27:00 Final thoughts