firebase-genkit-sample

A sample project demonstrating AI applications using Firebase Cloud Run functions (2nd generation) and Genkit.

🚀 Features

• Image Analysis (Google AI)
• Web Content Analysis (Google AI)
• Chat Message Generation (Google AI & Firestore)
• Image Generation (Vertex AI)

📁 Project Structure

firebase-genkit-sample/
├── .github/
│ └── workflows/          # CI/CD Pipelines sample
├── prompts/              # AI prompt templates
├── src/
│ ├── genkit-functions/   # AI function implementations
│ ├── genkit.ts           # Genkit configuration
│ └── index.ts            # Deploy Functions
└── terraform/            # Terraform configuration for infrastructure setup (not directly related to Genkit, but used for setting up the overall Firebase project infrastructure)

🛠 Quick Start

0. Install Genkit CLI

npm i -g genkit

1. Install dependencies

npm install

2. Set environment variables

export GCLOUD_PROJECT="your-google-cloud-project-id"
export GOOGLE_GENAI_API_KEY="your-api-key"
export GENKIT_ENV="dev"

3. Start Genkit emulator for development

genkit start -- npx tsx --watch src/index.ts
or
genkit start -- firebase emulators:start --inspect-functions

4. Deploy to Cloud Run functions (2nd generation)

firebase deploy --only functions

📚 Articles

English

• Orchestrating Firebase and AI: 8 Genkit Architecture Patterns
• How to Develop Firebase Genkit Functions
• Getting Started with AI Image Generation Apps on Flutter, Genkit, and Imagen 3

Japanese

• Firebase & AI のオーケストレーションを実現！Genkit アーキテクチャ 8 選
• Firebase Genkit Functions 開発のすゝめ
• Flutter × Genkit × Imagen 3 で始める AI 画像生成アプリ開発入門