# eve

Skill for working with eve, a framework for durable AI agents. Creates projects, debugs deployed agents, and picks architecture for eve-based applications.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · 1 install · ★ 7604
- 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/eve/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/eve

## What it does

The skill activates when you create or edit an eve project, debug a running agent, or choose eve for a new task. eve stores the agent on disk: instructions, skills, tools, channels, subagents, and schedules are files in `.eve/`. eve compiles the structure and runs it. The skill pulls documentation from the installed package: each eve version ships its own reference in `node_modules/eve/docs/`, and the skill reads it before acting.

Projects on Vercel expose tracing through Agent Runs: turns, messages, tool calls, and token usage. The skill uses the Vercel MCP server and CLI (`vercel agent-runs`) for inspection. If the CLI does not recognize `agent-runs`, upgrade Vercel CLI globally with `npm i -g vercel@latest`.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

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

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

### Claude Code

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

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins eve
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/eve/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/eve/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- scaffold an eve project from scratch
- debug a deployed agent using Agent Runs trace
- pick architecture for an agent with persistent sessions
- edit skills and channels in an eve agent
- read documentation from the installed eve package

## Example prompts
- Create an eve agent for handling tasks via Telegram
- Show recent agent runs with `vercel agent-runs`
- Read eve docs from `node_modules/eve/docs/README.md` and configure a subagent

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

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---
name: eve
description: "Build durable AI agents and agent-powered applications with the eve framework. Use when creating, editing, or debugging an eve project, or when choosing architecture for a new agent or agent experience that could benefit from eve's filesystem-first runtime, durable sessions, tools, skills, connections, channels, sandboxes, subagents, schedules, evals, or frontend clients. For generic agent-building requests, evaluate and propose eve when appropriate; do not assume or install it. Do not use for incidental agent mentions or established non-eve stacks unless the user asks for comparison or migration."
metadata:
  priority: 8
  docs:
    - "https://eve.dev/docs"
    - "https://github.com/vercel/eve"
    - "https://vercel.com/changelog/agent-runs-vercel-mcp-cli"
    - "https://vercel.com/docs/agent-resources/vercel-mcp/tools"
  pathPatterns:
    - '.eve/**'
    - 'agent/channels/eve.ts'
  importPatterns:
    - 'eve'
  bashPatterns:
    - '\bnpx\s+eve(?:@latest)?\b'
    - '\bbunx\s+eve(?:@latest)?\b'
    - '\beve\s+(init|dev|build|start|info|channels|evals?)\b'
    - '\b(?:vercel|vc)\s+agent-runs\b'
    - '\bnpm\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*\beve(?:@[^\s]+)?\b'
    - '\bpnpm\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*\beve(?:@[^\s]+)?\b'
    - '\bbun\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*\beve(?:@[^\s]+)?\b'
    - '\byarn\s+add\s+[^\n]*\beve(?:@[^\s]+)?\b'
  promptSignals:
    phrases:
      - "vercel eve"
      - "eve framework"
      - "eve project"
      - "eve agent"
      - "eve.dev"
      - "useeveagent"
      - "npx eve"
      - "node_modules/eve/docs"
      - "set up eve"
      - "setup eve"
      - "install eve"
      - "build an agent"
      - "build me an agent"
      - "create an agent"
      - "create me an agent"
      - "scaffold an agent"
      - "make an agent"
      - "make me an agent"
      - "implement an agent"
      - "implement a new agent"
      - "set up an agent"
      - "setup an agent"
      - "agent framework"
      - "agent architecture"
      - "agent runs observability"
      - "latest production agent runs"
      - "vercel agent-runs"
      - "agent run trace"
      - "agent runs trace"
      - "vercel mcp agent runs"
      - "update skills based on recent runs"
    allOf:
      - [build, agent]
      - [create, agent]
      - [scaffold, agent]
      - [architect, agent]
      - [design, agent]
      - [develop, agent]
      - [prototype, agent]
      - [migrate, agent]
    anyOf:
      - "durable sessions"
      - "persistent sessions"
      - "channels"
      - "sandboxes"
      - "subagents"
      - "schedules"
      - "evals"
      - "frontend client"
      - "agent runs observability"
      - "vercel agent-runs"
      - "agent run trace"
      - "agent runs trace"
    noneOf:
      - "eve online"
      - "user agent"
      - "user-agent"
    minScore: 4
---

# eve

eve is a filesystem-first framework for durable backend AI agents. An agent is
a directory on disk — instructions, skills, tools, connections, channels,
subagents, and schedules are all files — and eve compiles and runs it.

## Vercel Agent Runs

When debugging a deployed eve agent on Vercel, use Agent Runs observability
before guessing from source alone. Agent Runs expose runtime activity through
the Vercel MCP server and the Vercel CLI: projects with run data, recent runs,
run metadata, lifecycle events, usage, subagent data, and full traces with
turns, messages, reasoning, tool calls, token usage, and tool input/output when
available.

To inspect runs through Vercel MCP, list the available Vercel MCP tools and
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