# vercel-deploy

This skill operates Vercel deployments for linked projects, from preview URLs and production releases to aliases, domains, environment sync, and rollback checks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 347 installs · ★ 51
- Author: akillness
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/akillness/jeo-skills/tree/HEAD/.agent-skills/vercel-deploy/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/akillness-vercel-deploy

## What it does

\`vercel-deploy` handles Vercel-specific release work. It can create or refresh a preview, run a fresh production deployment, verify an existing deployment before promotion, assign an alias or domain, fix environment-variable scope, and guide rollback checks.

The skill first identifies the job mode and gathers the smallest useful set of facts: whether the repository is linked, which environment is targeted, whether the build is source-based or prebuilt, what URL is needed, and how much verification is expected. Its available tools are `Bash`, `Read`, `Write`, `Edit`, `Glob`, and `Grep`. CLI operations require Vercel authentication, so an unauthenticated setup blocks those commands. Generic release policy, CI editing, and local bootstrap belong to other skills.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill vercel-deploy -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill vercel-deploy -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill vercel-deploy -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install akillness/jeo-skills vercel-deploy
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill vercel-deploy -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/akillness/jeo-skills --path .agent-skills/vercel-deploy
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill vercel-deploy -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/akillness/jeo-skills/tree/HEAD/.agent-skills/vercel-deploy/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- create a Vercel preview deployment
- ship a fresh production deployment
- verify a preview before promoting it
- assign an alias or custom domain
- repair env scope and check rollback recovery

## Example prompts
- Create a Vercel preview deployment for this project and return its URL.
- Verify the existing deployment, then promote the requested one to production.
- Find why an environment variable is missing in Vercel production and tell me whether a redeploy is required.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: vercel-deploy
description: >
  Run Vercel-specific deployment operations for linked web/fullstack projects:
  preview deploys, direct production deploys, staged deploy + promote flows,
  aliases/domains, environment-variable sync, and rollback response. Use when the
  request is specifically about operating a project on Vercel after the provider
  is already chosen — especially when someone needs a preview URL, stable alias,
  custom domain, env-scope fix, production cutover, or rollback on Vercel.
  Triggers on: Vercel deploy, Vercel preview URL, vercel promote, vercel alias,
  Vercel domain, Vercel env, Vercel rollback, and Vercel CLI deployment. Route
  provider-neutral release strategy to `deployment-automation`, CI/workflow
  authoring to `deployment-automation`, and local install/auth/bootstrap work to
  `system-environment-setup`.
allowed-tools: Bash Read Write Edit Glob Grep
compatibility: >
  Best when a repository already targets Vercel and either has the Vercel CLI
  available or can follow dashboard-backed Vercel workflows. Assumes the agent
  can inspect repo config and run Vercel commands if authenticated.
license: MIT
metadata:
  tags: vercel, deployment, preview, production, promote, alias, domains, environment-variables, rollback
  platforms: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Codex
  version: "2.1.0"
  modernization: 2026-04-15
  structural_hardening: 2026-04-18
  source: akillness/jeo-skills
---

# Vercel Deploy

Use this skill when the job is **operating a deployment on Vercel specifically**, not designing generic rollout policy.

`vercel-deploy` is the provider-specific front door for:
- creating or refreshing Vercel preview deployments
- running a direct production deployment on Vercel
- staging a deploy, verifying it, then promoting it live
- assigning a stable preview alias or attaching a custom domain
- inspecting/fixing Vercel environment-variable scope and redeploy needs
- responding to a bad production deployment with rollback-oriented checks

Read these support docs before choosing the mode:
- [references/modes-and-boundaries.md](references/modes-and-boundaries.md)
- [references/preview-production-command-packets.md](references/preview-production-command-packets.md)
- [references/env-domain-rollback-troubleshooting.md](references/env-domain-rollback-troubleshooting.md)

## When to use this skill
- The user explicitly wants to deploy a project **on Vercel**
- The job is about a Vercel preview URL, preview alias, or stable demo environment
- A linked Vercel deployment already exists and needs promotion or rollback handling
- The main issue is Vercel env scope, Vercel domain/alias state, or Vercel-specific release verification
- The provider has already been chosen and the user needs Vercel operator guidance rather than vendor-neutral release design

## When not to use this skill
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