# vercel-overview

A reference skill for the Vercel platform: projects, CLI, environment variables, Git integration, REST API and webhooks. Useful when an agent plans a deploy or digs into project settings.

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- Author: bobmatnyc
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- Source: https://github.com/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills/tree/HEAD/toolchains/platforms/deployment/vercel-overview/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-18
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## What it does

The skill hands the agent a map of Vercel: entry points (dashboard, CLI, REST API, webhooks), the project setup workflow, and a service breakdown covering deployments and builds, functions and runtime, data stores, domains and routing, observability, security and access, teams and billing, plus AI SDK and MCP. It also lists related skills to jump into for depth, if those are deployed.

The workflow it describes is short: create a project, connect a Git repository, set environment variables per environment, check configuration defaults and overrides, then deploy from the dashboard or CLI. The skill does not run the deploy itself. It tells the agent what to do and where in the Vercel docs to look.

It ships as `user-invocable: false` and `disable-model-invocation: true`, so you never call it by name — it loads as background context. Companion skills such as `nextjs`, `react` and `typescript` are optional, and the skill works without them.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill vercel-overview -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill vercel-overview -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill vercel-overview -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills vercel-overview
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill vercel-overview -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --path toolchains/platforms/deployment/vercel-overview
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill vercel-overview -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/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills/tree/HEAD/toolchains/platforms/deployment/vercel-overview/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- get oriented in Vercel entry points before a first deploy
- connect a Git repository and set environment variables per environment
- pick Vercel services that fit a given workload
- find the right docs section for REST API or webhooks
- navigate the skill map toward deployments, functions or storage topics

## Example prompts
- walk me through setting up a Vercel project from scratch
- which environment variables should I set, and how do I split them per environment
- explain how to manage deployments through the REST API and webhooks

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: vercel-overview
description: Vercel platform overview for onboarding, projects, CLI, Git integration, environment variables, project configuration, REST API, and webhooks. Use when planning or operating workloads on Vercel.
user-invocable: false
disable-model-invocation: true
progressive_disclosure:
  entry_point:
    summary: "Vercel platform overview for onboarding, projects, CLI, Git integration, environment variables, project configuration, REST API, and webhooks. Use when planning or operating workloads on Vercel."
    when_to_use: "When working with vercel-overview or related functionality."
    quick_start: "1. Review the core concepts below. 2. Apply patterns to your use case. 3. Follow best practices for implementation."
---
# Vercel Platform Overview Skill

---
progressive_disclosure:
  entry_point:
    summary: "Vercel overview: projects, CLI, Git integration, env vars, project config, REST API, webhooks, and service map for deployments, functions, data, networking, observability, security, and AI."
    when_to_use:
      - "When onboarding to Vercel or planning architecture"
      - "When setting up projects, environments, and automation"
      - "When selecting Vercel services for a workload"
    quick_start:
      - "Create a Vercel project"
      - "Connect a Git repository"
      - "Configure environment variables"
      - "Deploy via Dashboard or CLI"
  token_estimate:
    entry: 90-110
    full: 3000-4000
---

## Overview

Vercel provides a platform for building, deploying, and scaling web applications and AI workloads with integrated deployments, edge runtime, data services, and observability.

## Platform Entry Points

- **Vercel Dashboard**: Use the web UI for projects, deployments, and settings.
- **Vercel CLI**: Automate deployments and configuration.
- **REST API**: Integrate provisioning and management into tooling.
- **Webhooks**: Trigger workflows on deployment events.

## Project Setup Workflow

- Create a project and connect a Git repository.
- Configure environment variables for each environment.
- Review project configuration defaults and overrides.
- Deploy and verify build output.

## Vercel Skill Map

Use these skills for deeper coverage (if deployed):

- **vercel-deployments-builds**: Deployments, builds, and release workflows.
- **vercel-functions-runtime**: Serverless and Edge Functions, cron jobs, and runtime behavior.
- **vercel-storage-data**: Postgres, Redis, Blob, Edge Config, and data cache.
- **vercel-networking-domains**: Domains, routing, headers, and edge caching.
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