Official agent skill

Knowledge Update

by vercel in vercel/vercel-plugin

Corrects outdated LLM knowledge about the Vercel platform and introduces new products.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Knowledge Update

skills CLI
$ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill knowledge-update -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin knowledge-update --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/knowledge-update .claude/skills/knowledge-update && 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
knowledge-update
GitHub stars
301
Token cost
~2.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,205 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
38
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Corrects outdated LLM knowledge about the Vercel platform and introduces new products.

  • Backend & APIs work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Common outdated knowledge in…, New products LLMs may not know…, Current agent SDKs and Next.js, plus 1 more section
  • Calls npx, vercel and npm

What it does

Knowledge Update is an agent skill from vercel/vercel-plugin, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Corrects outdated LLM knowledge about the Vercel platform and introduces new products. Injected at session start.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Backend & APIs. It works with Vercel, Next.js and Node.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

  • Backend & APIs work in your project

Example prompts

  • “Use the knowledge-update skill to correct outdated LLM knowledge about the Vercel platform and introduces new products”
  • “/knowledge-update”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Node.js
  • Docker

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:

    • npx
    • vercel
    • npm

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • vercel.com
    • nextjs.org
    • eve.dev
    • workflow-sdk.dev

    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

Knowledge Update loads about 2.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 33 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,205 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~33
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.6k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,205 words (~2,591 tokens).

“When a build needs an external service (a store, payments, a database, login/accounts, email or SMS, search, a CMS, AI, analytics, monitoring, …), your FIRST action is to load the marketplace skill and follow it — BEFORE you recommend a…”

— opening of SKILL.md by vercel, Custom licence
name
knowledge-update
metadata.priority
10
metadata.sessionStart
true
metadata.docs
https://vercel.com/docs
metadata.pathPatterns
vercel.ts

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/knowledge-update of vercel/vercel-plugin.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 82fa491

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Categories

Questions about Knowledge Update

What does Knowledge Update do?

Corrects outdated LLM knowledge about the Vercel platform and introduces new products. Knowledge Update is an agent skill from vercel/vercel-plugin, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Corrects outdated LLM knowledge about the Vercel platform and introduces new products.

When should I use Knowledge Update?

Knowledge Update fits situations like: backend & APIs work in your project.

How do I install Knowledge Update in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Knowledge Update in Codex?

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

Can I use Knowledge Update 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 knowledge-update -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/knowledge-update, .gemini/skills/knowledge-update, .github/skills/knowledge-update and .opencode/skills/knowledge-update in your project.

What does Knowledge Update need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Knowledge Update needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx, vercel and npm). Our summary lists: Python 3; Node.js; Docker.

Does Knowledge Update access the network?

SKILL.md names 4 domains. As links in the text: vercel.com, nextjs.org, eve.dev and workflow-sdk.dev. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Knowledge Update 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 Knowledge Update use?

Knowledge Update 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 Knowledge Update use?

About 2.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k 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 Knowledge Update?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Knowledge Update: Cicd Pipeline Generator (ailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills, 454 stars), Bun Nextjs (secondsky/claude-skills, 227 stars), Backend Patterns (hellangleZ/burn-in-cceverywhere-ralph, 112 stars) and Databuddy (databuddy-analytics/Databuddy, 1.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Knowledge Update?

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.