Official agent skill

Bootstrap

Project bootstrapping orchestrator for repos that depend on Vercel-linked resources (databases, auth, and managed integrations).

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Install Bootstrap

skills CLI

$ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill bootstrap -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin bootstrap --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/vercel/vercel-plugin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/bootstrap .claude/skills/bootstrap && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "bootstrap" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/bootstrap into .claude/skills/bootstrap/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bootstrap", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/bootstrap

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill bootstrap -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin bootstrap --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/bootstrap .agents/skills/bootstrap && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "bootstrap" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/bootstrap into .agents/skills/bootstrap/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bootstrap", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill bootstrap -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin bootstrap --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/bootstrap .cursor/skills/bootstrap && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "bootstrap" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/bootstrap into .cursor/skills/bootstrap/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bootstrap", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin.git --path skills/bootstrap

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill bootstrap -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin bootstrap --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/bootstrap .gemini/skills/bootstrap && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "bootstrap" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/bootstrap into .gemini/skills/bootstrap/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bootstrap", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin bootstrap

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill bootstrap -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/bootstrap .github/skills/bootstrap && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "bootstrap" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/bootstrap into .github/skills/bootstrap/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bootstrap", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill bootstrap -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin bootstrap --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/bootstrap .opencode/skills/bootstrap && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "bootstrap" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/bootstrap into .opencode/skills/bootstrap/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bootstrap", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: bootstrap
GitHub stars: 301
Token cost: ~2.1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 590 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 38
Repo updated: Oct 6, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Custom licence

At a glance

Project bootstrapping orchestrator for repos that depend on Vercel-linked resources (databases, auth, and managed integrations).

Works in 5 steps: Confirm Vercel CLI is installed and… → Confirm repo linkage by checking… → If not linked, inspect available… → …
Repairing a repository so linking
SKILL.md covers Rules, Preflight, Resource Setup: Postgres and AUTH_SECRET Generation, plus 7 more sections
Calls vercel, npm and npx; needs AUTH_SECRET

What it does

Bootstrap is an agent skill from vercel/vercel-plugin, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Project bootstrapping orchestrator for repos that depend on Vercel-linked resources (databases, auth, and managed integrations). Use when setting up or repairing a repository so linking, environment provisioning, env pulls, and first-run db/dev commands happen in the correct safe order.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with Vercel and Next.js. The repository describes itself as: Comprehensive Vercel ecosystem plugin — relational knowledge graph, skills for every major product, specialized agents, and Vercel conventions. Turns any AI agent into a Vercel…

When your agent uses it

Repairing a repository so linking
Environment provisioning
First-run db/dev commands happen in the correct safe order

Example prompts

“/bootstrap”

Requirements

Node.js
A credential in OPENAI_API_KEY
A credential in ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

Workflow steps

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

Confirm Vercel CLI is installed and authenticated.
Confirm repo linkage by checking .vercel/project.json.
If not linked, inspect available teams/projects before asking the user to choose
Find the env template in priority order: .env.example, .env.sample, .env.template.
Create local env file if missing

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 82fa491. 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
- npm
- npx
- node
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use vercel, npm and npx, 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 these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
- AUTH_SECRET
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Bootstrap loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 590 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~74
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~2.1k

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:104
```
cp .env.example .env.local
```
NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:127
```
vercel env pull .env.local --yes
```

NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:133

2. Re-run `vercel env pull .env.local --yes`.

NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:148
```
vercel env pull .env.local --yes
```

NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:153

equired keys from template file against `.env.local` keys (names only, never values):

NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:166

<(grep -E '^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*=' .env.local | cut -d '=' -f 1 | sort -u)

NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:198

- `vercel env pull .env.local --yes` succeeds.

NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:221

ys in Vercel and re-run `vercel env pull .env.local --yes`.

NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:229

1. Env files are per-app (`apps/app/.env.local`, `apps/web/.env.local`, `apps/api/.env.local`) plus `packages/database/.

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 590 words (~2,067 tokens).

“Execute bootstrap in strict order. Do not run migrations or development server until project linking and environment verification are complete.”

— opening of SKILL.md by vercel, Custom licence

name: bootstrap
metadata.priority: 8
metadata.docs: https://vercel.com/docs/getting-started-with-vercel, https://nextjs.org/docs/app/getting-started/installation
metadata.sitemap: https://vercel.com/sitemap.xml
metadata.pathPatterns: .env.example, .env.sample, .env.template, README*, docs/**/setup*, package.json, drizzle.config.*, prisma/schema.prisma, auth.*, src/**/auth.*
metadata.bashPatterns: \\bcp\\s+\\.env\\.(?:example|sample|template)\\s+\\.env\\.local\\b, \\b(?:npm|pnpm|bun|yarn)\\s+run\\s+db:(?:push|seed|migrate|generate)\\b…
metadata.importPatterns: @neondatabase/serverless, drizzle-orm, @upstash/redis, @vercel/blob, @vercel/edge-config, @vercel/global-config, next-auth, @auth/core, better-auth
retrieval.aliases: project setup, repo init, getting started, scaffold
retrieval.intents: set up project, initialize repo, link vercel project, pull env vars
retrieval.entities: vercel link, env pull, database setup, first run

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/bootstrap of vercel/vercel-plugin.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 82fa491

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Bootstrap next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Questions about Bootstrap

What does Bootstrap do?

Project bootstrapping orchestrator for repos that depend on Vercel-linked resources (databases, auth, and managed integrations). Bootstrap is an agent skill from vercel/vercel-plugin, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Project bootstrapping orchestrator for repos that depend on Vercel-linked resources (databases, auth, and managed integrations).

When should I use Bootstrap?

Bootstrap fits situations like: repairing a repository so linking; environment provisioning; first-run db/dev commands happen in the correct safe order.

How do I install Bootstrap in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Bootstrap in Codex?

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

Can I use Bootstrap 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 vercel/vercel-plugin --skill bootstrap -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/bootstrap, .gemini/skills/bootstrap, .github/skills/bootstrap and .opencode/skills/bootstrap in your project.

What does Bootstrap need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Bootstrap needs the command-line tools its instructions call (vercel, npm, npx and node) and credentials named AUTH_SECRET. Our summary lists: Node.js; A credential in OPENAI_API_KEY; A credential in ANTHROPIC_API_KEY.

Does Bootstrap access the network?

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

Is Bootstrap safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (mentions a .env file), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Bootstrap use?

Bootstrap has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Bootstrap use?

About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.3k 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 Bootstrap?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Bootstrap: Vercel Optimize Audit (vercel-labs/agent-skills, 32k stars), AI SDK (vercel-labs/ai-facts, 168 stars), Vercel React Best Practices (sanity-io/sanity, 6.4k stars) and Next Cache Components (vercel-labs/openreview, 1.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Bootstrap?

vercel (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in vercel/vercel-plugin, which has 301 GitHub stars. The repository holds 38 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

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

Bootstrap

Install Bootstrap

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

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What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

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