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Agent skill

Vercel

by OpenHands in OpenHands/extensions

Deploy and manage applications on Vercel, including preview deployments and deployment protection.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Vercel

skills CLI
$ npx skills add OpenHands/extensions --skill vercel -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install OpenHands/extensions vercel --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OpenHands/extensions.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/vercel .claude/skills/vercel && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
vercel
GitHub stars
157
Token cost
~809 tokens
SKILL.md length
304 words
Files
5
Skills in repo
78
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Deploy and manage applications on Vercel, including preview deployments and deployment protection.

  • Works in 4 steps: Navigate to Project Settings → Generate a Protection Bypass Secret → Using the Bypass Secret → …
  • Working with Vercel-hosted projects
  • SKILL.md covers Deployment Protection and…, Environment Variables and Vercel CLI Commands
  • Calls vercel and curl

What it does

Vercel is an agent skill from OpenHands/extensions. Deploy and manage applications on Vercel, including preview deployments and deployment protection. Use when working with Vercel-hosted projects or configuring Vercel deployments.

Its SKILL.md is about 810 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files (for example `.plugin/plugin.json` and `README.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Deployment. It works with Vercel. The repository describes itself as: Public registry for OpenHands extensions. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Working with Vercel-hosted projects
  • Configuring Vercel deployments

Example prompts

  • “/vercel”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Navigate to Project Settings
  2. Generate a Protection Bypass Secret
  3. Using the Bypass Secret
  4. For Browser-Based Testing

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d008b81. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • vercel
    • curl

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use vercel and curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Vercel loads about 809 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 46 tokens; SKILL.md has 304 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~46
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~809

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from OpenHands/extensions at commit d008b81, republished under its MIT licence (© OpenHands). 304 words, ~809 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/vercel/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
vercel
description
Deploy and manage applications on Vercel, including preview deployments and deployment protection. Use when working with Vercel-hosted projects or configuring Vercel deployments.
triggers
vercel, preview deployment

Vercel Deployment Guide

Deployment Protection and Agent Access

Vercel deployments may have Deployment Protection enabled, which requires authentication to access preview deployments. This can block automated testing and agent access to preview URLs.

Identifying Protected Deployments

If you encounter a login page or authentication requirement when accessing a Vercel preview URL, the deployment has protection enabled. Signs include:

  • Redirect to vercel.com/login or SSO login page
  • 401/403 errors when accessing the deployment
  • Preview URLs that require Vercel team membership
Enabling Agent Access with Protection Bypass

To allow agents and automated systems to access protected deployments, users need to set up Protection Bypass for Automation:

  1. Navigate to Project Settings

    • Go to the Vercel Dashboard
    • Select the project
    • Click on Settings → Deployment Protection

  2. Generate a Protection Bypass Secret

    • Under "Protection Bypass for Automation", click Generate Secret
    • Copy the generated secret securely

  3. Using the Bypass Secret

    The secret can be used in two ways:

    As a Header:

    bash
    curl -H "x-vercel-protection-bypass: <secret>" https://your-preview-url.vercel.app

    PowerShell equivalent:

    powershell
    Invoke-WebRequest -Headers @{ "x-vercel-protection-bypass" = "<secret>" } -Uri https://your-preview-url.vercel.app

    As a Query Parameter:

    https://your-preview-url.vercel.app?x-vercel-protection-bypass=<secret>

  4. For Browser-Based Testing

    • Append ?x-vercel-protection-bypass=<secret> to the preview URL
    • The secret will be stored in a cookie for subsequent requests
Alternative: Disable Protection for Previews

If protection bypass is not suitable, users can disable protection for preview deployments:

  1. Go to Settings → Deployment Protection
  2. Set "Vercel Authentication" to Only Production Deployments or Disabled
<IMPORTANT>
If you cannot access a Vercel preview deployment due to authentication requirements, inform the user that they need to either:
1. Set up a Protection Bypass secret and provide it to you, OR
2. Disable Deployment Protection for preview deployments in their Vercel project settings

Do NOT repeatedly attempt to access protected URLs without the bypass secret. </IMPORTANT>

Environment Variables

Set environment variables in Vercel Dashboard under Settings → Environment Variables, or use the Vercel CLI:

bash
vercel env add MY_SECRET

Access in your application:

typescript
const secret = process.env.MY_SECRET;

Vercel CLI Commands

Common Vercel CLI commands:

bash
# Login to Vercel
vercel login

# Deploy to preview
vercel

# Deploy to production
vercel --prod

# List deployments
vercel ls

# View deployment logs
vercel logs <deployment-url>

# Pull environment variables locally
vercel env pull

© OpenHands, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files in skills/vercel of OpenHands/extensions.

  • SKILL.md
  • .claude-plugin
  • .codex-plugin
  • .plugin/plugin.json
  • README.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d008b81

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Questions about Vercel

What does Vercel do?

Deploy and manage applications on Vercel, including preview deployments and deployment protection. Vercel is an agent skill from OpenHands/extensions. Deploy and manage applications on Vercel, including preview deployments and deployment protection.

When should I use Vercel?

Vercel fits situations like: working with Vercel-hosted projects; configuring Vercel deployments.

How do I install Vercel in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add OpenHands/extensions --skill vercel -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/vercel in OpenHands/extensions) into .claude/skills/vercel in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Vercel in Codex?

Run `npx skills add OpenHands/extensions --skill vercel -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/vercel in OpenHands/extensions) into .agents/skills/vercel in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Vercel in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add OpenHands/extensions --skill vercel -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/vercel, .gemini/skills/vercel, .github/skills/vercel and .opencode/skills/vercel in your project.

What does Vercel need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Vercel needs the command-line tools its instructions call (vercel and curl).

Does Vercel access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Vercel safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Vercel use?

Vercel is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Vercel use?

About 809 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Vercel?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Vercel: Vercel (remotion-dev/remotion, 62k stars), Use Vercel Action (amondnet/vercel-action, 765 stars), Deployments Cicd (vercel/vercel-plugin, 301 stars) and Env Manager (bobmatnyc/claude-mpm, 155 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Vercel?

OpenHands (a GitHub organization) maintains it in OpenHands/extensions, which has 157 GitHub stars. The repository holds 78 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: OpenHands/extensions on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.