Vercel Cli

This one's for anyone deploying to Vercel from the terminal. It covers the full CLI surface: deploys, environment variables, logs, domains, the works. The biggest gotcha it helps with is project linking in monorepos, where using `vercel link` instead of `vercel link --repo` will quietly break things. It includes a decision tree that routes you to the right reference based on what you're trying to do, plus a solid list of anti-patterns like auto-linking in CI or forgetting `--yes` in automated scripts. If you're doing anything beyond clicking deploy in the dashboard, this gives you the command-line expertise to do it right the first time.

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last updated: Jun 3, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add vercel-labs/vercel-plugin --skill vercel-cli --agent claude-code

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Vercel CLI Skill

The Vercel CLI (vercel or vc) deploys, manages, and develops projects on the Vercel platform from the command line. Use vercel <command> --help for full flag details on any command.

The installed CLI help is the source of truth for obscure or newly added flags. If a command example here is not enough, check vercel <command> --help before acting instead of guessing.

Parse only stdout for URLs and JSON. Warnings, progress, and --help print to stderr; merge streams only when searching help text. Some help commands exit 2 after printing usage, so treat printed usage as a successful help read.

In agent/non-interactive mode, many commands report errors and required confirmations as a single JSON object on stdout with status, reason, hint, and next (runnable follow-up commands). Prefer a suggested next command over composing a retry only after confirming that it preserves the user's intended target and authorization; do not automatically run linking, authentication, or mutation follow-ups. Read commands such as list, logs, inspect, and api keep their normal output shape.