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Jeffallan/claude-skills
Builds Next.js 14+ apps on the App Router with server components, server actions, explicit caching, SEO metadata, loading and error boundaries and Vercel deployment.
Configure and troubleshoot Vercel Services for multiple frontends and backends in one project.
Install Vercel Services
$ npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill vercel-services -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin vercel-services --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/vercel-services .claude/skills/vercel-services && 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 "vercel-services" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/vercel-services into .claude/skills/vercel-services/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vercel-services", 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/vercel-servicesType 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 vercel-services -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin vercel-services --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/vercel-services .agents/skills/vercel-services && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "vercel-services" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/vercel-services into .agents/skills/vercel-services/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vercel-services", 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 vercel-services -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin vercel-services --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/vercel-services .cursor/skills/vercel-services && 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 "vercel-services" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/vercel-services into .cursor/skills/vercel-services/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vercel-services", 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/vercel-services--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 vercel-services -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install vercel/vercel-plugin vercel-services --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/vercel-services .gemini/skills/vercel-services && 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 "vercel-services" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/vercel-services into .gemini/skills/vercel-services/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vercel-services", 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 vercel-servicesInstalls 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 vercel-services -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/vercel-services .github/skills/vercel-services && 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 "vercel-services" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/vercel-services into .github/skills/vercel-services/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vercel-services", 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 vercel-services -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 vercel-services --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/vercel-services .opencode/skills/vercel-services && 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 "vercel-services" agent skill from https://github.com/vercel/vercel-plugin/tree/main/skills/vercel-services into .opencode/skills/vercel-services/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vercel-services", 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-services- GitHub stars
- 301
- Token cost
- ~3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,127 words
- Files
- 3 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 38
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Configure and troubleshoot Vercel Services for multiple frontends and backends in one project.
- Composing a polyglot
- SKILL.md covers Choose the right structure, Define services and public…, Route requests correctly and Serve a service on a subdomain, plus 4 more sections
- Calls vercel
- Multi-service application on one Vercel deployment
What it does
Vercel Services is an agent skill from vercel/vercel-plugin, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Configure and troubleshoot Vercel Services for multiple frontends and backends in one project. Use when composing a polyglot or multi-service application on one Vercel deployment; defining the services key, service-targeted rewrites, or service bindings in vercel.json; or running all services with vercel dev.
Its SKILL.md is about 3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/experimental-services.md`).
It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Deployment. 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
- Composing a polyglot
- Multi-service application on one Vercel deployment
- Defining the services key
- Service-targeted rewrites
Example prompts
- “/vercel-services”
Requirements
- Python 3
- Node.js
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
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
Vercel Services loads about 3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 83 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,127 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 1,127 words (~2,984 tokens).
“Use the services model whenever one application is made of multiple tightly coupled components, such as a frontend plus a backend, that should deploy to one Vercel project.”
- name
- vercel-services
- summary
- Compose multiple frontends and backends in one Vercel project (Beta)
- metadata.priority
- 7
- metadata.docs
- https://vercel.com/docs/services, https://vercel.com/docs/services/routing, https://vercel.com/docs/services/bindings…
- metadata.sitemap
- https://vercel.com/sitemap.xml
- metadata.pathPatterns
- vercel.json, apps/*/vercel.json
- metadata.bashPatterns
- \b(?:vercel|vc)\s+dev\b[^\n]*(?:--local|-L)(?:\s|$)
- retrieval.aliases
- Vercel Services, multi-service project, polyglot project, service binding, service rewrite
- retrieval.intents
- deploy frontend and backend together in one project, configure the services key in vercel.json, configure service rewrites, call the backend privately with a…
- retrieval.entities
- services, bindings, destination.service, root, experimentalServices
- retrieval.examples
- put a Next.js frontend and a FastAPI backend in one project, deploy a Vite SPA with an Express API behind /api, add a Go service to an existing Next.js…
Files
SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/vercel-services of vercel/vercel-plugin.
- SKILL.md
- .vercel.approvers
- references/experimental-services.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 82fa491
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| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel Services this skillvercel/vercel-plugin | 301 | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Next.js DeveloperJeffallan/claude-skills | 12k | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Env Managerbobmatnyc/claude-mpm | 155 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Deploy Frontendbutterbase-ai/butterbase-skills | 534 | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Deploy Verceljohnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills | 240 | — | ~660 | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Vercel Deploymentdavila7/claude-code-templates | 32k | 4 repos | ~534 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Vercel Services
What does Vercel Services do?
Configure and troubleshoot Vercel Services for multiple frontends and backends in one project. Vercel Services is an agent skill from vercel/vercel-plugin, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Configure and troubleshoot Vercel Services for multiple frontends and backends in one project.
When should I use Vercel Services?
Vercel Services fits situations like: composing a polyglot; multi-service application on one Vercel deployment; defining the services key; service-targeted rewrites.
How do I install Vercel Services in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill vercel-services -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/vercel-services in vercel/vercel-plugin) into .claude/skills/vercel-services in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Vercel Services in Codex?
Run `npx skills add vercel/vercel-plugin --skill vercel-services -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/vercel-services in vercel/vercel-plugin) into .agents/skills/vercel-services in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Vercel Services 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-services -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-services, .gemini/skills/vercel-services, .github/skills/vercel-services and .opencode/skills/vercel-services in your project.
What does Vercel Services need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Vercel Services needs the command-line tools its instructions call (vercel). Our summary lists: Python 3; Node.js.
Does Vercel Services 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 Vercel Services 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 Services use?
Vercel Services 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 Services use?
About 3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 727 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Vercel Services?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Vercel Services: Next.js Developer (Jeffallan/claude-skills, 12k stars), Env Manager (bobmatnyc/claude-mpm, 155 stars), Deploy Frontend (butterbase-ai/butterbase-skills, 534 stars) and Deploy Vercel (johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills, 240 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Vercel Services?
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.