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Official agent skill

Release

by vercel in vercel/vercel-plugin

Release vercel-plugin — run gates, bump version, generate artifacts, commit, and push.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passed

Install Release

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin release --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/.claude/skills/release .claude/skills/release && 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
release
GitHub stars
301
Token cost
~551 tokens
SKILL.md length
208 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
38
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Release vercel-plugin — run gates, bump version, generate artifacts, commit, and push.

  • Works in 5 steps: Pre-flight checks → Determine version bump → Bump version → …
  • Asked to release
  • SKILL.md covers Workflow, Version source of truth and Checklist (copy into your…
  • Calls bun and git

What it does

Release is an agent skill from vercel/vercel-plugin, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Release vercel-plugin — run gates, bump version, generate artifacts, commit, and push. Use when asked to "release", "ship", "bump and push", or "cut a release".

Its SKILL.md is about 550 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. 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

  • Asked to release

Example prompts

  • “release”
  • “bump and push”
  • “cut a release”
  • “/release”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Pre-flight checks
  2. Determine version bump
  3. Bump version
  4. Rebuild generated artifacts
  5. Stage, commit, and push

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:

    • bun
    • git

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, 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

Release loads about 551 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 42 tokens; SKILL.md has 208 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~42
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~551

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 208 words (~551 tokens).

name
release

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/release of vercel/vercel-plugin.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 82fa491

Compare with similar skills

Release 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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Vercel Optimize Auditvercel-labs/agent-skills32k8 repos~4.3kAutomated safety check: PassNone
AI SDKvercel-labs/ai-facts16821 repos~1.2kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Deploy to Vercelvercel-labs/agent-skills32k11 repos~2.9kAutomated safety check: NotesNone

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Works with

Questions about Release

What does Release do?

Release vercel-plugin — run gates, bump version, generate artifacts, commit, and push. Release is an agent skill from vercel/vercel-plugin, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Release vercel-plugin — run gates, bump version, generate artifacts, commit, and push.

When should I use Release?

Release fits situations like: asked to release.

How do I install Release in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Release in Codex?

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

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

What does Release need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Release needs the command-line tools its instructions call (bun and git).

Does Release access the network?

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

Is Release 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 Release use?

Release 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 Release use?

About 551 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.2k 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 Release?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Release: Agent Browser CLI (vercel-labs/agent-browser, 44k stars), Vercel Deploy (bytedance/deer-flow, 83k stars), Vercel Optimize Audit (vercel-labs/agent-skills, 32k stars) and AI SDK (vercel-labs/ai-facts, 168 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Release?

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.