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# TanStack Start

Build a tool-calling Mastra agent in TanStack Start, then mount the Mastra server on a catch-all API route. The [Server Adapters](https://mastra.ai/docs/server/server-adapters) overview explains the shared concepts, and the [TanStack Start adapter](https://mastra.ai/reference/server/tanstack-start-adapter) reference documents the package API.

## Before you begin

- You'll need an API key from a supported [model provider](https://mastra.ai/models). If you don't have a preference, use [OpenAI](https://mastra.ai/models/providers/openai).
- Install Node.js `v22.13.0` or later

## Create a new TanStack Start app (optional)

You need a running TanStack Start app with a `src/routes` directory. If you don't already have one, follow the [TanStack Start quick start](https://tanstack.com/start/latest/docs/framework/react/getting-started) to create and run an app before continuing.

## Initialize Mastra

From your TanStack Start project directory, run [`mastra init`](https://mastra.ai/reference/cli/mastra). When prompted, choose a provider, such as OpenAI, and enter your API key:

**npm**:

```bash
npx mastra@latest init
```

**pnpm**:

```bash
pnpm dlx mastra@latest init
```

**Yarn**:

```bash
yarn dlx mastra@latest init
```

**Bun**:

```bash
bun x mastra@latest init
```

This creates a `src/mastra` directory with an example weather agent and the following files:

- `index.ts`: Mastra configuration, including memory
- `tools/weather-tool.ts`: A tool that fetches weather for a location
- `agents/weather-agent.ts`: A weather agent with instructions to use the tool

You'll pass the Mastra instance exported from `src/mastra/index.ts` to the server adapter.

## Configure Vite and Nitro

Update `vite.config.ts` so Vite and Nitro leave DuckDB's native dependencies out of their processing pipelines:

```diff
const config = defineConfig({
   resolve: { tsconfigPaths: true },
+  optimizeDeps: {
+    exclude: ['@mastra/duckdb'],
+  },
   plugins: [
     devtools(),
-    nitro({ rollupConfig: { external: [/^@sentry\//] } }),
+    nitro({
+      rollupConfig: {
+        external: [/^@sentry\//, /^@duckdb\//],
+      },
+    }),
```

The `optimizeDeps.exclude` setting prevents Vite's development optimizer from opening DuckDB's native `.node` binary as JavaScript. Adding `/^@duckdb\//` to Nitro's `rollupConfig.external` keeps DuckDB's native Node packages out of the production bundle so Node.js can load them at runtime.

These changes apply only to `vite.config.ts`; you don't need to change your application or Mastra source files.

## Add the server adapter

Install the TanStack Start server adapter and its Hono peer dependency:

**npm**:

```bash
npm install @mastra/tanstack-start@latest hono
```

**pnpm**:

```bash
pnpm add @mastra/tanstack-start@latest hono
```

**Yarn**:

```bash
yarn add @mastra/tanstack-start@latest hono
```

**Bun**:

```bash
bun add @mastra/tanstack-start@latest hono
```

Create a splat route that passes all supported HTTP methods to the adapter:

```typescript
import { createStartRouteHandler } from '@mastra/tanstack-start'
import { createFileRoute } from '@tanstack/react-router'
import { mastra } from '../../mastra'

export const Route = createFileRoute('/api/$')({
  server: {
    handlers: createStartRouteHandler({ mastra }),
  },
})
```

The `prefix` option defaults to `/api` and must match the splat route's mount path. For example, when mounting the adapter at `src/routes/api/mastra/$.ts`, use `createStartRouteHandler({ mastra, prefix: '/api/mastra' })`.

The adapter exposes Mastra's REST and streaming endpoints, custom API routes, MCP endpoints, and A2A endpoints. A2A tasks use an in-memory task store.

## Test your agent

Start your TanStack Start app:

**npm**:

```bash
npm run dev
```

**pnpm**:

```bash
pnpm run dev
```

**Yarn**:

```bash
yarn dev
```

**Bun**:

```bash
bun run dev
```

In a separate terminal window, use `curl` to ask the weather agent:

```bash
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/api/agents/weather-agent/generate -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"What is the weather like in Seoul?\"}]}"
```

The endpoint returns a complete JSON response from the agent.

## Next steps

Extend the project with your own agents and application logic:

- Learn more about [agents](https://mastra.ai/docs/agents/overview)
- Give your agent its own [tools](https://mastra.ai/docs/agents/tools)
- Add human-like [memory](https://mastra.ai/docs/memory/overview) to your agent
- Learn more about [Server Adapters](https://mastra.ai/docs/server/server-adapters)