# access-protected-vercel-deployment

A skill that tells your agent how to get past Vercel Authentication, SSO and Deployment Protection: vercel curl for HTTP, a short-lived OIDC token for browsers.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2600 installs · ★ 315
- Author: vercel
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/HEAD/skills/access-protected-vercel-deployment/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/access-protected-vercel-deployment

## What it does

Your curl call, Playwright script or agent browser hits a Vercel login page and comes back 401 or 403. The skill picks the right route instead of guessing. For HTTP work it swaps plain `curl` for `vercel curl` (`vc curl`), which takes native curl flags and authenticates through the Vercel credentials you already have. A path-only call targets the linked project's production deployment; pass a full URL when the exact deployment matters.

Browser automation gets a different route: the `x-vercel-trusted-oidc-idp-token` header carrying `VERCEL_OIDC_TOKEN`. That token is short-lived, and the skill is blunt about handling it — never print it, never paste it into source, never commit `.env.local`. `vc env run` injects the variables without exposing the value, and when the local CLI does not hand the token over, `vc env pull .env.local --yes` refreshes the credentials. Trusted Sources expects `x-vercel-trusted-oidc-idp-token`; `x-vercel-oidc-token` does something else entirely and is not a substitute here.

The access rules are where people get stuck. A local development token reaches Preview deployments of the same project by default, but not protected Production. When the response says `TRUSTED_SOURCES_ENVIRONMENT_MISMATCH`, the token itself is fine — its caller environment simply is not allowed into the target one. The fix lives in the project's Settings → Deployment Protection → Trusted Sources, where you allow the `development` → `production` pair.

## Requirements
- Works with: Playwright

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill access-protected-vercel-deployment -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/access-protected-vercel-deployment/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/access-protected-vercel-deployment/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill access-protected-vercel-deployment -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/access-protected-vercel-deployment/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill access-protected-vercel-deployment -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/access-protected-vercel-deployment/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin access-protected-vercel-deployment
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/access-protected-vercel-deployment/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill access-protected-vercel-deployment -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin --path skills/access-protected-vercel-deployment
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/access-protected-vercel-deployment/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill access-protected-vercel-deployment -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/HEAD/skills/access-protected-vercel-deployment/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- reach a protected preview from a script or agent
- run a health check against a protected deployment
- point browser automation at a URL behind Vercel SSO
- work out why TRUSTED_SOURCES_ENVIRONMENT_MISMATCH came back
- tell Vercel protection apart from the app's own auth

## Example prompts
- Fetch the protected preview at `my-app.vercel.app/api/health` and show me the response
- Open the protected production URL in agent-browser using the token from `VERCEL_OIDC_TOKEN`
- I got TRUSTED_SOURCES_ENVIRONMENT_MISMATCH — explain which environment pair to allow

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: access-protected-vercel-deployment
description: Access and test Vercel deployments protected by Vercel Authentication, SSO, or Deployment Protection. Use when curl, agent-browser, Playwright, or another automated request reaches a Vercel login or protection page; when a protected preview or production URL returns 401 or 403; when TRUSTED_SOURCES_ENVIRONMENT_MISMATCH appears; or when choosing between `vercel curl` and the `x-vercel-trusted-oidc-idp-token` header.
summary: Access protected Vercel URLs with vercel curl or a short-lived OIDC token
metadata:
  priority: 8
  docs:
    - "https://vercel.com/docs/cli/curl"
    - "https://vercel.com/docs/deployment-protection/methods-to-bypass-deployment-protection/trusted-sources"
    - "https://vercel.com/docs/oidc#in-local-development"
  sitemap: "https://vercel.com/sitemap.xml"
  pathPatterns: []
  bashPatterns:
    # Match vc curl for every hostname, including custom aliases.
    - '\b(?:vercel|vc)\s+curl\b'
    # Keep raw clients scoped to hostnames that identify themselves as Vercel.
    - '\b(?:curl|wget)\b[^\n]*\.vercel\.app\b'
    - '\bagent-browser\b[^\n]*(?:open|navigate|goto)[^\n]*\.vercel\.app\b'
    # Match custom aliases when the request includes an explicit Vercel protection header.
    - '\bx-vercel-(?:trusted-oidc-idp-token|protection-bypass)\b'
  importPatterns: []
  promptSignals:
    phrases:
      - "access protected vercel deployment"
      - "protected vercel deployment"
      - "deployment protection"
      - "vercel sso"
      - "vercel authentication page"
      - "behind vercel authentication"
      - "behind vercel sso"
      - "x-vercel-trusted-oidc-idp-token"
      - "trusted_sources_environment_mismatch"
      - "trusted sources environment mismatch"
      - "protection bypass"
    allOf:
```
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