# deployments-cicd

Teaches the agent Vercel deploy, promote, rollback and prebuilt build commands. Useful when you wire up a CI pipeline by hand.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · 7 installs · ★ 7596
- Author: Vercel Labs · official OpenAI repository
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/vercel/skills/deployments-cicd/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/deployments-cicd

## What it does

The skill kicks in when the agent touches Vercel work: `vercel.json`, `.github/workflows/*.yml`, `.gitlab-ci.yml`, `bitbucket-pipelines.yml`, or commands like `vercel deploy`, `vercel promote`, `vercel rollback`, `vercel inspect`, `vercel build`. It covers those commands and ships pipeline templates for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI and Bitbucket Pipelines.

Build-on-CI gets its own section: run `vercel build`, then `vercel deploy --prebuilt`. That order matters when you own the build step, want caching at the CI level, or need tests to run between build and deploy. Promote is not the same as `--prod` — `vercel promote` re-points the production alias without rebuilding, so a validated preview goes live instantly.

Every pipeline needs three variables: `VERCEL_TOKEN`, `VERCEL_ORG_ID` and `VERCEL_PROJECT_ID`. Keep them in CI secrets, not in the repo. Vercel OIDC federation does not replace the token here: it lets your deployed functions reach external services such as AWS or GCP, while `vercel pull`, `vercel build` and `vercel deploy` still need `--token`. Skip the token and the pipeline fails — worth checking your secrets before the first run.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill deployments-cicd -a codex
```

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

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill deployments-cicd -a claude-code
```

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins deployments-cicd
```

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

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/vercel/skills/deployments-cicd
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### 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/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/vercel/skills/deployments-cicd/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- wire up a Vercel deploy pipeline in GitHub Actions
- ship a validated preview to production without rebuilding
- roll production back to the previous deployment
- build in CI and deploy the output with `--prebuilt`
- pass the token and project IDs into pipeline secrets

## Example prompts
- set up a Vercel deploy in GitHub Actions for the main branch
- build in CI and deploy with vercel deploy --prebuilt --prod
- roll production back to the previous deployment

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---
name: deployments-cicd
description: Vercel deployment and CI/CD expert guidance. Use when deploying, promoting, rolling back, inspecting deployments, building with --prebuilt, or configuring CI workflow files for Vercel.
metadata:
  priority: 6
  docs:
    - "https://vercel.com/docs/deployments/overview"
    - "https://vercel.com/docs/git"
  sitemap: "https://vercel.com/sitemap/docs.xml"
  pathPatterns:
    - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
    - '.github/workflows/*.yaml'
    - '.gitlab-ci.yml'
    - 'bitbucket-pipelines.yml'
    - 'vercel.json'
    - 'apps/*/vercel.json'
  bashPatterns:
    - '\bvercel\s+deploy\b'
    - '\bvercel\s+--prod\b'
    - '\bvercel\s+promote\b'
    - '\bvercel\s+rollback\b'
    - '\bvercel\s+inspect\b'
    - '\bvercel\s+build\b'
    - '\bvercel\s+deploy\s+--prebuilt\b'
---

# Vercel Deployments & CI/CD

You are an expert in Vercel deployment workflows — `vercel deploy`, `vercel promote`, `vercel rollback`, `vercel inspect`, `vercel build`, and CI/CD pipeline integration with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Bitbucket Pipelines.

## Deployment Commands

### Preview Deployment

```bash
# Deploy from project root (creates preview URL)
vercel

# Equivalent explicit form
vercel deploy
```

Preview deployments are created automatically for every push to a non-production branch when using Git integration. They provide a unique URL for testing.

### Production Deployment

```bash
# Deploy directly to production
vercel --prod
vercel deploy --prod

# Force a new deployment (skip cache)
vercel --prod --force
```

### Build Locally, Deploy Build Output

```bash
# Build locally (uses development env vars by default)
vercel build

# Build with production env vars
vercel build --prod

# Deploy only the build output (no remote build)
vercel deploy --prebuilt
vercel deploy --prebuilt --prod
```

**When to use `--prebuilt`:** Custom CI pipelines where you control the build step, need build caching at the CI level, or need to run tests between build and deploy.

### Promote & Rollback

```bash
# Promote a preview deployment to production
vercel promote <deployment-url-or-id>

# Rollback to the previous production deployment
vercel rollback

# Rollback to a specific deployment
vercel rollback <deployment-url-or-id>
```

**Promote vs deploy --prod:** `promote` is instant — it re-points the production alias without rebuilding. Use it when a preview deployment has been validated and is ready for production.

### Inspect Deployments

```bash
# View deployment details (build info, functions, metadata)
vercel inspect <deployment-url>

# List recent deployments
vercel ls

# View logs for a deployment
vercel logs <deployment-url>
vercel logs <deployment-url> --follow
```

## CI/CD Integration

### Required Environment Variables

Every CI pipeline needs these three variables:

```bash
VERCEL_TOKEN=<your-token>        # Personal or team token
VERCEL_ORG_ID=<org-id>           # From .vercel/project.json
````
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