diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/core/gateway-runtime.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/core/gateway-runtime.ts
index c8b15990..71d919c4 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/core/gateway-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/core/gateway-runtime.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { URL } from "node:url";
 import type { ImageContent } from "@mariozechner/pi-ai";
 import type { AgentSession, AgentSessionEvent } from "./agent-session.js";
 import { SessionManager } from "./session-manager.js";
+import { createVercelStreamListener, errorVercelStream, extractUserText, finishVercelStream } from "./vercel-ai-stream.js";
 
 export interface GatewayConfig {
 	bind: string;
@@ -491,7 +492,7 @@ export class GatewayRuntime {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		const sessionMatch = path.match(/^\/sessions\/([^/]+)(?:\/(events|messages|abort|reset))?$/);
+		const sessionMatch = path.match(/^\/sessions\/([^/]+)(?:\/(events|messages|abort|reset|chat))?$/);
 		if (!sessionMatch) {
 			this.writeJson(response, 404, { error: "Not found" });
 			return;
@@ -511,6 +512,11 @@ export class GatewayRuntime {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		if (action === "chat" && method === "POST") {
+			await this.handleChat(sessionKey, request, response);
+			return;
+		}
+
 		if (action === "messages" && method === "POST") {
 			const body = await this.readJsonBody(request);
 			const text = typeof body.text === "string" ? body.text : "";
@@ -587,6 +593,63 @@ export class GatewayRuntime {
 		});
 	}
 
+	private async handleChat(
+		sessionKey: string,
+		request: IncomingMessage,
+		response: ServerResponse,
+	): Promise<void> {
+		const body = await this.readJsonBody(request);
+		const text = extractUserText(body);
+		if (!text) {
+			this.writeJson(response, 400, { error: "Missing user message text" });
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Set up SSE response headers
+		response.writeHead(200, {
+			"Content-Type": "text/event-stream",
+			"Cache-Control": "no-cache, no-transform",
+			Connection: "keep-alive",
+			"x-vercel-ai-ui-message-stream": "v1",
+		});
+		response.write("\n");
+
+		// Subscribe to session events for Vercel AI SDK translation
+		const managedSession = await this.ensureSession(sessionKey);
+		const listener = createVercelStreamListener(response);
+		const unsubscribe = managedSession.session.subscribe(listener);
+
+		// Clean up on client disconnect
+		let clientDisconnected = false;
+		request.on("close", () => {
+			clientDisconnected = true;
+			unsubscribe();
+		});
+
+		// Drive the session through the existing queue infrastructure
+		try {
+			const result = await this.enqueueMessage({
+				sessionKey,
+				text,
+				source: "extension",
+			});
+			if (!clientDisconnected) {
+				unsubscribe();
+				if (result.ok) {
+					finishVercelStream(response, "stop");
+				} else {
+					errorVercelStream(response, result.error ?? "Unknown error");
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (error) {
+			if (!clientDisconnected) {
+				unsubscribe();
+				const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+				errorVercelStream(response, message);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	private requireAuth(request: IncomingMessage, response: ServerResponse): void {
 		if (!this.config.bearerToken) {
 			return;
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/core/vercel-ai-stream.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/core/vercel-ai-stream.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f087b253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/core/vercel-ai-stream.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+import type { ServerResponse } from "node:http";
+import type { AgentSessionEvent } from "./agent-session.js";
+
+/**
+ * Write a single Vercel AI SDK v5+ SSE chunk to the response.
+ * Format: `data: <JSON>\n\n`
+ * For the terminal [DONE] sentinel: `data: [DONE]\n\n`
+ */
+function writeChunk(response: ServerResponse, chunk: object | string): void {
+	if (response.writableEnded) return;
+	const payload = typeof chunk === "string" ? chunk : JSON.stringify(chunk);
+	response.write(`data: ${payload}\n\n`);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extract the user's text from the request body.
+ * Supports both useChat format ({ messages: UIMessage[] }) and simple gateway format ({ text: string }).
+ */
+export function extractUserText(body: Record<string, unknown>): string | null {
+	// Simple gateway format
+	if (typeof body.text === "string" && body.text.trim()) {
+		return body.text;
+	}
+	// Convenience format
+	if (typeof body.prompt === "string" && body.prompt.trim()) {
+		return body.prompt;
+	}
+	// Vercel AI SDK useChat format - extract last user message
+	if (Array.isArray(body.messages)) {
+		for (let i = body.messages.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+			const msg = body.messages[i] as Record<string, unknown>;
+			if (msg.role !== "user") continue;
+			// v5+ format with parts array
+			if (Array.isArray(msg.parts)) {
+				for (const part of msg.parts as Array<Record<string, unknown>>) {
+					if (part.type === "text" && typeof part.text === "string") {
+						return part.text;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			// v4 format with content string
+			if (typeof msg.content === "string" && msg.content.trim()) {
+				return msg.content;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create an AgentSessionEvent listener that translates events to Vercel AI SDK v5+ SSE
+ * chunks and writes them to the HTTP response.
+ *
+ * Returns the listener function. The caller is responsible for subscribing/unsubscribing.
+ */
+export function createVercelStreamListener(
+	response: ServerResponse,
+): (event: AgentSessionEvent) => void {
+	let started = false;
+
+	return (event: AgentSessionEvent) => {
+		if (response.writableEnded) return;
+
+		switch (event.type) {
+			case "agent_start":
+				if (!started) {
+					writeChunk(response, { type: "start" });
+					started = true;
+				}
+				return;
+
+			case "turn_start":
+				writeChunk(response, { type: "start-step" });
+				return;
+
+			case "message_update": {
+				const inner = event.assistantMessageEvent;
+				switch (inner.type) {
+					case "text_start":
+						writeChunk(response, {
+							type: "text-start",
+							id: `text_${inner.contentIndex}`,
+						});
+						return;
+					case "text_delta":
+						writeChunk(response, {
+							type: "text-delta",
+							id: `text_${inner.contentIndex}`,
+							delta: inner.delta,
+						});
+						return;
+					case "text_end":
+						writeChunk(response, {
+							type: "text-end",
+							id: `text_${inner.contentIndex}`,
+						});
+						return;
+				}
+				return;
+			}
+
+			case "turn_end":
+				writeChunk(response, { type: "finish-step" });
+				return;
+		}
+	};
+}
+
+/**
+ * Write the terminal finish sequence and end the response.
+ */
+export function finishVercelStream(
+	response: ServerResponse,
+	finishReason: string = "stop",
+): void {
+	if (response.writableEnded) return;
+	writeChunk(response, { type: "finish", finishReason });
+	writeChunk(response, "[DONE]");
+	response.end();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Write an error chunk and end the response.
+ */
+export function errorVercelStream(
+	response: ServerResponse,
+	errorText: string,
+): void {
+	if (response.writableEnded) return;
+	writeChunk(response, { type: "error", errorText });
+	writeChunk(response, "[DONE]");
+	response.end();
+}