Official agent skill

Vercel Connect

Vercel Connect expert guidance for securely obtaining scoped credentials for third-party services on behalf of apps or users.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Vercel Connect

skills CLI

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

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin vercel-connect --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/vercel-connect .claude/skills/vercel-connect && 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 "vercel-connect" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/vercel-connect into .claude/skills/vercel-connect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vercel-connect", 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/vercel-connect

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 vercel-connect -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin vercel-connect --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/vercel-connect .agents/skills/vercel-connect && 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 "vercel-connect" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/vercel-connect into .agents/skills/vercel-connect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vercel-connect", 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 vercel-connect -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin vercel-connect --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/vercel-connect .cursor/skills/vercel-connect && 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 "vercel-connect" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/vercel-connect into .cursor/skills/vercel-connect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vercel-connect", 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/vercel-connect

--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 vercel-connect -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin vercel-connect --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/vercel-connect .gemini/skills/vercel-connect && 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 "vercel-connect" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/vercel-connect into .gemini/skills/vercel-connect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vercel-connect", 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 vercel-connect

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 vercel-connect -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/vercel-connect .github/skills/vercel-connect && 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 "vercel-connect" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/vercel-connect into .github/skills/vercel-connect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vercel-connect", 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 vercel-connect -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 vercel-connect --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/vercel-connect .opencode/skills/vercel-connect && 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 "vercel-connect" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/vercel-connect into .opencode/skills/vercel-connect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vercel-connect", 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: vercel-connect
GitHub stars: 301
Token cost: ~5.3k tokens
SKILL.md length: 1,830 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 38
Repo updated: Oct 6, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Custom licence

At a glance

Vercel Connect expert guidance for securely obtaining scoped credentials for third-party services on behalf of apps or users.

Works in 8 steps: Link the local directory with vercel… → Run vercel connect list and, when… → If no suitable connector exists, inspect… → …
Wiring up provider API access
SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use Vercel Connect, Modes of tokens and CLI, plus 7 more sections
Calls vercel; reaches slack.com and api.vercel.com; needs VERCEL_OIDC_TOKEN and SLACK_BOT_TOKEN

What it does

Vercel Connect is an agent skill from vercel/vercel-plugin, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Vercel Connect expert guidance for securely obtaining scoped credentials for third-party services on behalf of apps or users. Use when wiring up provider API access, OAuth, API-key services, MCP servers, triggers, framework adapters, or eve agent connections.

Its SKILL.md is about 5.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file.

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering OAuth and OpenID Connect and MCP servers. It works with Vercel, Model Context Protocol and Slack. 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

Wiring up provider API access
API-key services
Framework adapters
Eve agent connections

Example prompts

“/vercel-connect”

Requirements

A credential in APP_PRIVATE_KEY
A credential in WEBHOOK_SECRET

Workflow steps

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

Link the local directory with vercel link, then pull a development OIDC token with vercel env pull.
Run vercel connect list and, when needed, vercel connect list --all-projects.
If no suitable connector exists, inspect vercel connect create --help, create it, and capture the returned UID or ID.
Attach the connector to the consuming project and required environments.
For CLI token requests, choose the narrowest practical subject, installation, and scopes. In SDK code, also use audience, resources, or…
If user consent or provider installation is required, surface the authorization URL or typed error and wait for completion.
Call the provider with the short-lived credential. In SDK code, request it at use time and let the cache refresh it.
Configure triggers separately when inbound events are required, then verify delivery with event history and correlation IDs.

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
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
- slack.com
- api.vercel.com
- mcp.linear.app
Also links to:
- vercel.com
- eve.dev
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
- VERCEL_OIDC_TOKEN
- SLACK_BOT_TOKEN
- SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET
- GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY
- GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET
- LINEAR_ACCESS_TOKEN
- LINEAR_WEBHOOK_SECRET
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Vercel Connect loads about 5.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 69 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,830 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~69
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~5.3k

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 1,830 words (~5,269 tokens).

“Vercel Connect gives applications short-lived provider credentials without storing provider API keys or refresh tokens in project environment variables. A Vercel deployment authenticates with its project OIDC token. External CI or non-Vercel runtimes can pass a scoped Vercel access token…”

— opening of SKILL.md by vercel, Custom licence

name: vercel-connect
metadata.priority: 5
metadata.docs: https://vercel.com/docs/connect
metadata.sitemap: https://vercel.com/sitemap.xml
metadata.pathPatterns: agent/connections/**, agent/channels/**
metadata.importPatterns: @vercel/connect, @vercel/connect/eve, @vercel/connect/ai-sdk, @vercel/connect/mcp, @vercel/connect/tanstack-ai, @vercel/connect/chat, @vercel/connect/authjs…
metadata.bashPatterns: \bvercel\s+connect\b, \bvc\s+connect\b, \bnpm\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*@vercel/connect\b, \bpnpm\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*@vercel/connect\b…
retrieval.aliases: vercel connect, oauth helper, third-party tokens, connect sdk, mcp connector
retrieval.intents: get slack token, get github oauth token, wire up third-party oauth, add slack channel to agent, connect to oauth provider, obtain api credentials, connect to…
retrieval.entities: Vercel Connect, getToken, @vercel/connect, OAuth, Slack, GitHub, MCP, Snowflake, eve, connector, project link, installation
retrieval.examples: send a slack message from my app, get a github oauth token, wire up Linear in my eve agent, connect my agent to a MCP server, add Snowflake credentials to my…

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/vercel-connect of vercel/vercel-plugin.

SKILL.md
.vercel.approvers

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 82fa491

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Questions about Vercel Connect

What does Vercel Connect do?

Vercel Connect expert guidance for securely obtaining scoped credentials for third-party services on behalf of apps or users. Vercel Connect is an agent skill from vercel/vercel-plugin, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Vercel Connect expert guidance for securely obtaining scoped credentials for third-party services on behalf of apps or users.

When should I use Vercel Connect?

Vercel Connect fits situations like: wiring up provider API access; API-key services; framework adapters; eve agent connections.

How do I install Vercel Connect in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Vercel Connect in Codex?

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

Can I use Vercel Connect 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 vercel-connect -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-connect, .gemini/skills/vercel-connect, .github/skills/vercel-connect and .opencode/skills/vercel-connect in your project.

What does Vercel Connect need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Vercel Connect needs the command-line tools its instructions call (vercel) and credentials named VERCEL_OIDC_TOKEN, SLACK_BOT_TOKEN, SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET and GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in APP_PRIVATE_KEY; A credential in WEBHOOK_SECRET.

Does Vercel Connect access the network?

SKILL.md names 5 domains. In commands or code: slack.com, api.vercel.com and mcp.linear.app; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: vercel.com and eve.dev. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Vercel Connect 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 Connect use?

Vercel Connect 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 Vercel Connect use?

About 5.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 21k 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 Connect?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Vercel Connect: Review Security Report (PrefectHQ/fastmcp, 28k stars), Xquik MCP (Xquik-dev/x-twitter-scraper, 209 stars), MCP Dart Streamable HTTP (leehack/mcp_dart, 116 stars) and Unifapi (unifapi-agent/agents, 586 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Vercel Connect?

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.

Vercel Connect

Install Vercel Connect

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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Install Vercel Connect

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

Compare with similar skills

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