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Vercel Queues guidance — durable topics with at-least-once delivery, independent consumer groups, retries, delays, and idempotency keys via @vercel/queue (JS) or vercel-queue (Python).
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Install Queues
$ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill queues -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin queues --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/queues .claude/skills/queues && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "queues" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/queues into .claude/skills/queues/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "queues", 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 install https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/queuesType 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.
$ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill queues -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin queues --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/queues .agents/skills/queues && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "queues" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/queues into .agents/skills/queues/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "queues", 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.
$ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill queues -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin queues --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/queues .cursor/skills/queues && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "queues" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/queues into .cursor/skills/queues/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "queues", 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 https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin.git --path skills/queues--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill queues -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin queues --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/queues .gemini/skills/queues && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "queues" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/queues into .gemini/skills/queues/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "queues", 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.
$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin queuesInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill queues -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/queues .github/skills/queues && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "queues" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/queues into .github/skills/queues/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "queues", 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.
$ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill queues -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin queues --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/queues .opencode/skills/queues && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "queues" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/queues into .opencode/skills/queues/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "queues", 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
queues- GitHub stars
- 301
- Token cost
- ~2.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 587 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 38
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Vercel Queues guidance — durable topics with at-least-once delivery, independent consumer groups, retries, delays, and idempotency keys via @vercel/queue (JS) or vercel-queue (Python).
- Works in 5 steps: Missing trigger: a handleCallback route… → Non-idempotent handlers: delivery is… → Retrying forever: without a retry policy… → …
- Deferring background work
- SKILL.md covers What It Is, Choose Queues or Workflows, Quickstart (Next.js App Router) and Send Options, plus 5 more sections
- Calls vercel and npm
What it does
Queues is an agent skill from vercel/vercel-plugin, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Vercel Queues guidance — durable topics with at-least-once delivery, independent consumer groups, retries, delays, and idempotency keys via @vercel/queue (JS) or vercel-queue (Python). Use when deferring background work, buffering traffic, fanning out events, or choosing between Queues and Workflows.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file.
It works with Vercel, Next.js and Python. 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
- Deferring background work
- Buffering traffic
- Fanning out events
- Choosing between Queues and Workflows
Example prompts
- “/queues”
Requirements
- Python 3
- Node.js
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Missing trigger: a handleCallback route with no experimentalTriggers entry never receives messages. Register every consumer in…
- Non-idempotent handlers: delivery is at-least-once. Key side effects on metadata.messageId or your own idempotencyKey.
- Retrying forever: without a retry policy that acknowledges poison messages or a trigger maxDeliveries cap, a permanently failing message…
- Using Queues for multi-step logic: if you need sleep, hooks, or approvals between steps, use Workflows instead of chaining topics by hand.
- Local dev without credentials: run vercel link and vercel env pull first; otherwise send() throws Failed to get OIDC token for local…
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:
vercelnpm
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
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
Queues loads about 2.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 77 tokens; SKILL.md has 587 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 587 words (~2,408 tokens).
“You are an expert in Vercel Queues, the durable message topics that power background work and agent events on Vercel.”
- name
- queues
- summary
- Vercel Queues (beta) publishes JSON messages to durable topics with `send()` from `@vercel/queue`; consumers are Vercel Functions exported with…
- metadata.priority
- 6
- metadata.docs
- https://vercel.com/docs/queues, https://vercel.com/docs/queues/sdk
- metadata.sitemap
- https://vercel.com/sitemap.xml
- metadata.pathPatterns
- app/api/queues/**, src/app/api/queues/**, pages/api/queues/**, lib/queue.*, src/lib/queue.*, lib/queues/**, src/lib/queues/**
- metadata.bashPatterns
- \bnpm\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*@vercel/queue\b, \bpnpm\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*@vercel/queue\b, \bbun\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*@vercel/queue\b…
- metadata.importPatterns
- @vercel/queue
- retrieval.aliases
- queues, message queue, background jobs, event streaming, pub sub
- retrieval.intents
- defer work to a queue, process background jobs, fan out events to consumers, retry failed jobs, buffer traffic spikes
- retrieval.entities
- Vercel Queues, @vercel/queue, topic, consumer group, handleCallback, experimentalTriggers
Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/queues of vercel/vercel-plugin.
- SKILL.md
- .vercel.approvers
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 82fa491
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Related
Questions about Queues
What does Queues do?
Vercel Queues guidance — durable topics with at-least-once delivery, independent consumer groups, retries, delays, and idempotency keys via @vercel/queue (JS) or vercel-queue (Python). Queues is an agent skill from vercel/vercel-plugin, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Vercel Queues guidance — durable topics with at-least-once delivery, independent consumer groups, retries, delays, and idempotency keys via @vercel/queue (JS) or vercel-queue (Python).
When should I use Queues?
Queues fits situations like: deferring background work; buffering traffic; fanning out events; choosing between Queues and Workflows.
How do I install Queues in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill queues -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/queues in vercel/vercel-plugin) into .claude/skills/queues in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Queues in Codex?
Run `npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill queues -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/queues in vercel/vercel-plugin) into .agents/skills/queues in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Queues 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 queues -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/queues, .gemini/skills/queues, .github/skills/queues and .opencode/skills/queues in your project.
What does Queues need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Queues needs the command-line tools its instructions call (vercel and npm). Our summary lists: Python 3; Node.js.
Does Queues access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: vercel.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Queues 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 Queues use?
Queues 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 Queues use?
About 2.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.6k 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 Queues?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Queues: Sandbox Manager (essamamdani/openclaw-coolify, 154 stars), Vercel Optimize Audit (vercel-labs/agent-skills, 32k stars), AI SDK (vercel-labs/ai-facts, 168 stars) and Vercel React Best Practices (sanity-io/sanity, 6.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Queues?
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.